Polk Small Farms: 2nd Vegetable and Small Fruit Protected Ag Field Day (IV PAINet Congress)

Friday, February 15, 2013

2nd Vegetable and Small Fruit Protected Ag Field Day (IV PAINet Congress)

Fourth Announcement:

2nd Vegetable and Small Fruit Protected Ag Field Day (IV PAINet Congress)

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida.

March 12, 2013

This is a free event, but spaces are very limited, to attend you need to register online.

To register go to: http://protectedagfieldday-es2001.eventbrite.com/?rank=1

· What? 2^nd Vegetable and Small Fruit Protected Ag Field Day and IV Protected Ag Information Network (PAINet) Congress.

· Where? Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida. 14625 CR 672, Wimauma, FL 33579.

· When? March 12, 2013; 8 am to 4 pm; local and invited speakers (morning) and field tour (afternoon). Lunch provided.

· Objectives:

o Conduct an educational session with international and local speakers showing their experiences on protected culture of vegetables and small fruit crops.

o Present the latest research efforts on protected culture of tomato, pepper, strawberry, blackberry and herbs.

· Subject areas (detailed program below):

· Structures, plastics and ventilation.

· Soil and soilless culture.

· Cultural practices and fertilization.

· Freeze protection and irrigation.

· Arthropod and disease management.

Pesticide CEUs for meeting will be 3.0 Private Applicator. CCA credits will be 0.5 PM and 3.0 CM for the first part of the meeting and 1.0 CM for the field tour portion.

2nd Vegetable and Small Fruit Protected Ag Field Day IV Protected Ag Information Network (PAINet) Congress
*Joint Program* -- March 12, 2013
8:00 to 8:45 AM	*Registration*
8:45 to 9:00 AM	*Welcoming remarks/What is PAINet?* Ms. Alicia Whidden, Hillsborough County Extension, IFAS, University of Florida. Dr. Bielinski M. Santos, Vegetable and Small Fruit Horticulture, GCREC, IFAS, University of Florida.
9:00 to 9:30 AM	*Using shade houses for small farm production in North Florida* Mr. Robert Hochmuth, Multi-County Extension Agent, SVAEC, IFAS, University of Florida.
9:30 to 10:15 AM	*Vegetable production in greenhouses in Almeria, Spain* Dr. Milagros Fernandez, Vegetable Research Program, IFAPA, Spain.
10:15 to 11:00 AM	*Indeterminate tomato production in greenhouses in Guatemala* Mr. Eddie Mendoza, National Association of Greenhouse Growers (ANAPI, in Spanish), Guatemala.
11:00 to 11:30 AM	Break/visiting vendors
11:30 to 12:00 PM	*Research and education on vegetable and small fruit production under high tunnels in Florida* Dr. Bielinski M. Santos, Vegetable and Small Fruit Horticulture, GCREC, IFAS, University of Florida.
12:00 to 12:30 PM	*Integrated arthropod management inside protected structures* Dr. Hugh Smith, Vegetable Entomology, GCREC, IFAS, University of Florida.
12:30 to 1:00 PM	*Disease management under protected culture* Dr. Gary Vallad, Vegetable Plant Pathology, GCREC, IFAS, University of Florida.
1:00 to 2:00 PM	Lunch/visiting vendors
2:00 to 4:00 PM	*Field tour* Dr. Bielinski M. Santos, Vegetable and Small Fruit Horticulture, GCREC, IFAS, University of Florida.
Stop 1, northeast strawberry field	· Strawberry: Row covers and mini-tunnels for freeze protection.
Stop 2, north high tunnels	· Tomato and pepper: Transplant establishment practices. · Strawberry: Phosphorus fertilization; containerized plants. · Tomato: Soilless culture with pine bark and coconut coir.
Stop 3, west shade house	· Blackberry: Cultivars in soilless culture. · Strawberry: Vertical and horizontal growing systems.
Stop 4, south high tunnels	· Basil: Soilless culture with coconut coir, pine bark, and compost. · Determinate tomato: Phosphorus fertilization; irrigation management. · Pepper: Plastic roofs; planting densities; irrigation programs. · Strawberry: Containerized plant production. · Indeterminate tomato: Cultivar comparison.