Garlic Field Day in Maberly, Ontario June 26

PROGRAM

GARLIC FIELD DAY 2011

AT THE SMALL-PLOT GARLIC VARIETY TRIALS SITE

BEAVER POND ESTATES, MABERLY, ONTARIO

SUNDAY JUNE 26, 2011 starting at 10:00 am

Morning Program:


09:00- 10:00 am : Arrival and registration. Name tags provided.

10:00 : Welcome & introductions – Paul Pospisil

: walking talk of the Garlic Trials Plots (sketch layout)

11: 00: Leek Moth Updates

- OMAFRA, Margaret Appleby

- A/AFC, Peter Mason, Andrea Brauner

- Solida Pheromones, Marc Charbonneau

- Row cover experiment, Carolyn Smith

- Discussion, all attendees

12:00: Lunch Break, own arrangements, complimentary coffee & drinks providfed

- sharing & sampling table

(eat your lunch around Ted Maczka’s van to see his latest projects)

Afternoon Program:


13:00: Bulb & Stem Nematode Updates

- OMAFRA, Michael Celetti

- New Liskeard Research Station, Becky Hughes**

- Discussion, all attendees

14:00: Marketing: Updates on Garlic Festivals planned for summer & fall 2011.

: Grower announcements

14:30: Networking: Discussion & Question session. Growers are welcome to buy, sell, or exchange their garlic and garlic information.

15:30: end of Field Day program. Attendees are welcome to stay and enjoy their outing at the “Beaver Pond”.

: This is the time to order garlic from the trials and renew memberships in the Garlic News.


**Nematode Sample Drop Off: Commercial growers participating in the GGAO/ OMAFRA Nematode testing program may drop off their garlic samples at the field day. Becky Hughes will collect them for testing