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Mid-Atlantic Turfgrass Expo

Start
29 Jan 2018
End
01 Feb 2018
Location
Fredericksburg Expo Center

Monday, Jan 29 / Tuesday, Jan 30/Wednesday, Jan 31 / Thursday, Feb 01

Thanks to Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland, a pdf of the developing program form is available. Registration is also open! Go to the registration page or download a a pdf of the registration form.

SCHEDULE at a GLANCE

Monday, January 29, 2018
GOLF (10:00—5:00)
- Selecting Bermudagrass Control in Creeping Bentgrass (John Brewer,Shawn Askew)
- Panel: Real World Pros and Cons to Bermudagrass Putting Green Conversion (Dan Taylor, Jordan Booth)
- USGA 2017 Year in Review (Darin Bevard, Elliott Dowling)
- Direction of Golf and the USGA (Darin Bevard, Elliott Dowling)
- Interactive Rapid Fire: Turf Disease Mangement (Joe Roberts, Brandon Horvath, David McCall)

EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK (10:00—5:00)
- Understanding Turf Insecticides (Tom Kuhar)
- Practices that Enhance Turfgrass Microbiology (Joe Roberts, J.R. Doherty)
- Topdressing Lawns: When it Works and When it Doesn’t (Mark Carroll)
- The Grim Reaper: Mechanisms of Turfgrass Death (Mike Goatley)

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
GENERAL SESSION (8:00—9:30)
- Annual Meetings MTC and VTC
- Growing Weeders into Leaders (Jeff McManus)

GOLF (9:45—12:45)
- Pythium Diseases: Root Rots, Foliar Blights, and Dysfunction of both Warm and Cool Season (Brandon Horvath)
- Siduron Programs for Crabgrass and Goosegrass Control in Greens (Shawn Askew)
- Spring Dead Spot Management: Many Ways to Cook Egg, Even Some That Taste Terrible (David McCall)

SPORTS (9:45—12:45)
- Making Cultivation a “Core” Part of Your Maintenance Plan (Gregg Munshaw)
- Thinking Outside the Box on Your Sports Fields (Mike Skelton, Charlie Fultz, Mike Goatley)
- Pros and Cons in Organic Sports Turf Management (Jason Bowers)

LAWN and LANDSCAPE (9:45—12:45)
- Growing Weeders into Leaders (Jeff McManus)
- A New Look at Reduced Input Lawn Care-Is There a Market (Gregg Munshaw)
- Controlling Sedges and Doveweed in Turf and Landscape Plantings (Jeff Derr)

SOD PRODUCTION (9:45—12:45)
- Programs to Optimize Spring Seeding Success of Tall Fescue (Adam Nichols)
- Brown Patch Management: Options for Both Fungicide and Non-Fungicide Control (Brandon Horvath)
- Weed Control and Identification (Gregg Munshaw)

MECHANIC’S SEMINAR (8:00—12:45) See pdf file for details

LUNCH and TRADE SHOW (12:45—4:30)

CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT and RECEPTION (4:00—7:30)

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST (7:00—8:00) Danny Allen

W.S. CONNELLY GRADUATE STUDENT ORAL PRESENTATION CONTEST (8:00—10:00)

INNOVATION CORNER (8:00—10:00)

MECHANIC’S SEMINAR See pdf file for details

TRADE SHOW and LUNCH (10:00—2:00)

SOD GROWER’S MEETING (2:00—5:00)

LIMITED PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION (8:00—4:30) Details Pending

Thursday, February 1, 2018
MECHANIC’S SEMINAR See pdf file for details

PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

CERTIFIED FERTILIZER APPLICATOR RECERTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

The Maryland Turfgrass Council P.O. Box 389, St. Michaels, MD 21663 Phone: (443) 742-6618