The 2023 Michigan Greenhouse Growers Expo , in partnership with the Great Lakes Fruit , Vegetable , and Farm Market Expo , will be held Dec. 5 - 7 at the Devos Place Conference Center in Grand Rapids , Michigan . The Michigan State University Extension floriculture team worked with the Western Michigan Greenhouse Association and the Metro Detroit Flower Growers Association to develop an educational program consisting of 19 academic term on a variety of relevant subject areas . This year ’s agenda emphasizes greenhouse flora output , retail , and customer involution strategies , integrated blighter direction , and specialty cut flower . These seance feature presentations by a range of annex and industry experts and are contrive for audience across the organizational spectrum , from entry - story employee to operations managers .
Both unexampled and experienced agriculturist will benefit from presentation on horticultural light , multiplication and coating , fertilizers , and foliage plant . Erik Runkle and Roberto Lopez of Michigan State University ( MSU ) talk about some research - based road map for using LED lighting during generation . Dylan Sedmak from PanAmerican Seed partake in his key footprint for successful seeded player propagation .
Struggling a bit with foliage works product ? link up Jonah Brown from Danziger and Lopez as they provide temperature , light , irrigation , and plant growth governor ( PGR ) recommendations for some of the most popular foliage crops . Jaden Gimondo from MSU Extension discuss the fine points of fertilizers , while Jamie Gibson of Syngenta Flowers graciously share his extensive noesis on flora growth direction for high - quality crops . Sessions admit :
The MSU Extension floriculture team is presenting a lineup of home and external experts in mix pestilence direction ( IPM ) that you wo n’t want to pretermit . Join Sarah Jandricic from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture ( OMAFRA ) as she show us how a system approach to glasshouse IPM provides a extremely effectual fabric for control insect pesterer . " The Bug Lady " Suzanne Wainwright - Evans comes to Michigan to share some of the insight and knowledge she ’s gained from over two ten as an autonomous advisor and specialist in biologic control . As always , Mary Hausbeck of MSU will help you stay ahead of the curve ball with her ever - pop greenhouse disease direction updates .
This twelvemonth , the Expo will enfold up in style with a limited hands - on shop focused on greenhouse biologic control and pestilence direction in outflow floriculture crops featuring Wainwright - Evans ( Buglady Consulting ) , Jandricic ( OMAFRA ) and Steven Arthurs from BioBee USA . Learn good practices , pest designation , and diligence techniques while receive live demonstration at one of Michigan ’s premier perennial producer , Walters Gardens . Do n’t overlook these expert sessions :
retailer can get a line the latest thoughts in retail and client betrothal strategy , from good weekend workshops to shift plant marketing epitome , as well as harnessing public interest in native plants and discovering the best - performing garden plants of this yr . discover the all important elements of organizing captivating weekend shop from an interactive panel with topic that let in theme pick , logistical planning , social media promotion , and partnership cultivation to check your result not only work but thrive .
Join Alicia Rihn from the University of Tennessee as she explores the translation of flora from luxury goods to experiential products , shares strategy to effectively absorb new customers , and discusses the big businessman of leveraging aboriginal plants to boost sales . As always , do n’t block to catch up on the 2023 highlights from the Michigan Garden Plant Tour with issue from the MSU Trial Garden , DGI Propagators , Four Star Greenhouse , Mast Young Plants , Raker - Roberta ’s Young Plants , and Walters Gardens . Join us for these informative talk :
The one-year speciality cut flush track contains a miscellany of works production and concern direction theme . Lindsay Daschner of draw a blank Me Not Farms walks us through her sea anemone and ranunculus production operation and shares some tips for grow gamey - quality theme . Weed direction is always a challenge in specialty crops . Debalina Saha and Manjot Kaur Sidhu from MSU will talk over non - chemical green goddess controller techniques and possible herbicide broadcast . Daschner repay to the stage to team up up with Nikki Deming from Kalamazoo Specialty Plants , where both will share their plan of attack to make full labor demand using local sources .
The Clarence Shepard Day Jr. wraps up with an extended academic session on spring agricultural cooperatives and collectives featuring MSU agricultural economics prof Bill Knudson , Alex Cacciari of the Michigan Flower Growers Cooperative , Josephine Brown from the Michigan Flower Barn , and the current president of the Kalamazoo Valley Plant Growers Cooperative , Paul Schaap . Be certain to catch these session :
Rounding out our plan , the annual MSU Floriculture Research Update highlights raiser - supported projects and will feature report by Zach Rutledge , Hausbeck , Jeremy Jubenville , and Lopez from MSU . Growers and greenhouse handler will also be interested in learning from Tom Fernandez as he walks us through a piddle quality report and discusses contaminant and their removal .
For added value , there ’s education for lilac-colored agriculturist , a beginning farmer sports meeting and greet , agricultural toil session , and a whole lot more offered by our cooperator at the Great Lakes Fruit , Vegetable , and Farm Market Expo .
Visit theMichigan Greenhouse Growers Expo websitefor the full academic term agenda .
Registration is now unresolved ! Early birds can save $ 20 by record before Nov. 15 , 2023 . attendee and exhibitors can find registration , lodging , and trade show information at theGreat Lakes Expo website .
reference : canr.msu.edu
