Nursery Management magazine and MANTS are partnering to present the inaugural Increasing Profits Virtual Conference. Attendees will be able to learn how to improve their business without ever leaving the office. To register, click here.
The session will begin at 10 a.m. EST on June 30 and conclude at 2 p.m.
Session topics include:
Marketing Ornamentals: Adding value through promoting novel plant attributes What tactics are you using to market plants?
In this session, learn how to promote certain plant attributes and how to get the end consumer to pay more for plants.
Speaker: Hayk Khachatryan, University of Florida
In this session, learn how to promote certain plant attributes and how to get the end consumer to pay more for plants.
Speaker: Hayk Khachatryan, University of Florida
Plant Health: Better disease scouting for perennials
Scouting for disease is a critical step in the integrated pest management process. Adopting the correct scouting techniques will not only lead to healthier plants, it also will lead to more profits.
Speaker: Ann Chase, Chase Agricultural Consulting
Scouting for disease is a critical step in the integrated pest management process. Adopting the correct scouting techniques will not only lead to healthier plants, it also will lead to more profits.
Speaker: Ann Chase, Chase Agricultural Consulting
Growing Media: What’s in your container?
Learn how soilless substrate relates to quickly producing a marketable crop while minimizing resources.
Speakers: Jim Owen and Jeb Fields, Virginia Tech
Learn how soilless substrate relates to quickly producing a marketable crop while minimizing resources.
Speakers: Jim Owen and Jeb Fields, Virginia Tech
Submit your questions before June 20 by sending them to jsowen@vt.edu.
Perennial Production: Tips on producing profitable perennials
Discover the difference between traditional production methods versus quick-cropping perennials, as well as the advantages of using different types of starting materials and their true production costs.
Speaker: Paul Pilon, Perennial Solutions
Discover the difference between traditional production methods versus quick-cropping perennials, as well as the advantages of using different types of starting materials and their true production costs.
Speaker: Paul Pilon, Perennial Solutions
Who should attend?
Wholesale growers; retail growers; and rewholesalers are welcome to attend. Firms of all sizes will benefit from the speakers and the topics presented during this event.
Wholesale growers; retail growers; and rewholesalers are welcome to attend. Firms of all sizes will benefit from the speakers and the topics presented during this event.
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