Things are a bit hectic right now. This week I have been striving to wrap up my initial round of fir processing. The first level of root plating is done, and right now I am 76% finished with the root inspection, washing, and bagging. My goal is to finish that up by the end of [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘phytophthora root rot’
August 1, 2008
That’s Erie
Here’s a quick update from the PCTGA summer meeting. Today I spent most of the day (7:45-5:30) looking at the production techniques and research being conducted at Berkey’s Nursery in Spartansburg, PA. They certainly deserve a tip of the hat for all they are doing. Here is a picture I took towards the end of the [...]
April 17, 2008
Seminar Karma?
This afternoon I gave a horticulture department seminar on phytophthora root rot and true firs. The horticulture department seminars are notoriously poorly attended. This morning I set the over/under for attendance at 12, and I took the under. 10 people showed up. I should be a bookie.
I (discreetly) sketched this sign concept a couple of years ago while listening to a [...]
