Maryland Greenhouse Growers Association
Presents
Alternative Crops Day
July 01, 2003
Howard County
Fairground Dining & 4-H Halls
8:30 - 9:00
Registration, coffee, tea, pastries & pleasant Good-Morning socializing
after a long, hard spring; brief announcements at 8:55
Alternative Crops Seminars in the Alternative Hall:
9:00 - 9:50
Mark Wilson
Ball Seed Company
New Vegetative Varieties for Profitable Growing Part I
Learn about the new Ball Flora Plant introductions for 2004
Get updated on the latest culture for finishing vegetative crops in a profitable manner
10:00-10:50
Matt & Walt Wicklein
Chesapeake Aquatic Nurseries
Have You Heard of "Aquatic Plugs" or their Wholesale and Retail Opportunities?
11:00-11:50
Jack Williams
Paul Ecke Plants
New Ecke Plant Introductions, Jack's Favorites, and Today's Customer Trends That Need Your Business
See and learn about new crops in the market that provide opportunity for added sales
Extend your season on both sides of the spring peak with vegetative crops
12:00 - 12:55
Lunch
Networking, Information Swapping & Great Silent Auction to benefit the MGGA Scholarship Fund
1:00-1:50
Kelly Billings
Maryland Aquatic Nursery
Unbelievable Floating Gardens and Possibilities
From Adiantum to Zephyranthes, a seemingly endless list of plants
thrive in these floating island gardens. Get inspired by some
of the many uses our creative customers have found for the islands.
2:00-2:50
David Lankford
Davoncrest Farms
Innovative Greenhouse Use: Growing Outdoor Vegetables Indoors
How would you like sales 52 weeks a year with very little
competition 9 months of the year? Do you want to earn top
dollar for produce grown? See how you can and even start out very small.
3:00-3:45
Mark Wilson
Ball Seed Company
New Vegetative Varieties for Profitable Growing Part II
Learn about the new Ball Flora Plant introductions for 2004
Get updated on the latest culture for finishing vegetative crops in a profitable manner