The Pecan Beginners Course will be held at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton. GA on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. There is a registration fee of $10 . Registration at the door will be $15 until we reach capacity of 300 people. Please pre-register so that we will have a head count for the meal. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Register at the following link: Pecan Beginners Course Registration
The program for the course is found below:
9:00 Welcome
9:10 Cost of Pecan Production
Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture
9:30 Pecan Varieties
Patrick Conner, UGA Horticulture
10:15 Break
10:45 Pecan Irrigation
Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture
11:15 Pecan Tree Planting & Establishment
Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture
12:00 Break for Lunch
Meal Sponsored by Savage Equipment
1:00 Pecan Insect Management
Will Hudson, UGA Entomology
1:45 Pecan Fertilization
Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture
2:30 Break
2:50 Pecan Disease Management
Jason Brock, UGA Plant Pathology
3:20 Pecan Weed Control
Timothy Grey, UGA Crop & Soil Science
4:00 Pecan Equipment
Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture
Please contact Debbie Rutland @ 229-386-3424 for further information.