Directors

Loren Oki
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis

David Fujino
California Center for Urban Horticulture
UC Davis

UCNFA Partners

Directors

Loren Oki
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis

David Fujino
California Center for Urban Horticulture
UC Davis

UCNFA Partners

ABCs of Fertilizer and Irrigation Management in Spanish

Colorama Wholesale Nursery
1025 N. Todd Ave
Azusa, CA 91702

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Agenda and Registration

ABCs of Fertilizer and Irrigation Management in Spanish
Colorama Wholesale Nursery
1025 N. Todd Ave, Azusa CA
June 23, 2011
8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Photos from the ABCs of Fertilizer Management

The lunch room at Colorama Nursery is filled to capacity for UCNFA's ABCs of Fertilizer and Irrigation Management in Spanish.

Dr. Maria de la Fuente uses a smart phone app and portable speaker to deliver the Spanish presentation.

Inside one of the greenhouses at Colorama Nursery.

Karen Stringer of Everris (formerly Scotts Sierra) gives a demonstration on managing fertilizers to reduce nutrient runoff.

Everris demonstration on fertilizer management to prevent nutrient runoff.

Presenters:
Dr. Maria de la Fuente, Farm Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension San Benito and Santa Clara Counties
Dr. Donald Merhaut, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist for Nursery and Floriculture Crops, UC Riverside
Dr. Lea Corkidi, Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside
Julie Newman, Farm Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension Ventura County
Karen Stringer. Southern California and Arizona Territory Manager. Everris NA, Inc

Continuing Education Units approved: CCA (5), Los Angeles (6) and Central Coast (6) Regional Water Quality Control Boards’ Ag Waiver Programs

Agenda:

8:00am–8:30am	Registration and Refreshments
8:30am–9:00am	Introduction: Fertilizer BMPs and Ag Waiver Program- Lea Corkidi
9:00am–10:00am Welcome and Part 1	A review of key plant physiological concepts, so that applied concepts of plant nutrition and fertility management, which will be taught during the latter half of the course, are clearly understood.
10:00am 10:15am	BREAK
10:15am–11:30am Part 2	Essential plant nutrients will be discussed in detail, emphasizing: Cycling of the nutrient in the environment (soil, air, water, and plants). EPA guidelines and state and regional regulations pertaining to that element, if any. Participants will be taught how to calculate nutrient content of fertilizers used in the industry. Nutrient disorders of each element will be discussed, emphasizing plant symptoms of deficiencies. Environmental and cultural practices will be discussed that may cause nutrient disorders or reduce the efficiency of nutrient uptake into plants.
11:30am–noon	LUNCH (Sponsored by Everris)
noon–1:00pm Part 3	Tour and Demonstration of Fertilizer Management Practices to Reduce Nutrient Runoff (Everris/Colorama Nursery)
1:00pm-3:00pm	Fertilizer Management (Best Management Practices). The appropriate use of specific fertilizer formulations will be discussed, explaining BMPs of granular fertilizers and liquid fertilizers. Irrigation and Water Management, with focus on irrigation systems and infrastructural considerations to optimize water use and minimize or eliminate water runoff from nursery production facilities.

Registration: $40 per person

Online Registration (English)

Fax/Mail-in Registration (English)

Fax/Mail-in Registration (Spanish)

Thanks to these additional sponsors:

Please contact the UCNFA office at 530-752-8419 (phone/fax) (email:lldodge@ucdavis.edu) if you have special needs or require assistance