Vegetables NZ, in combination with A Lighter Touch and Plant and Food Research, is hosting several practically focused field days to familiarise growers and crop advisors with implementing an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach to vegetable production. Topics will include crop monitoring, identification of pests and beneficial insects, understanding key diseases, etc. Broccoli will be used as the focus crop, but onions and barley will also be part of the workshop.
The field day will occur over several weeks to follow the crop through its growth. The field days will be split into two parts, a field-based session aimed at the crop, and a classroom session where participants will discuss the findings from the field. For those people not based in Pukekohe but who register for the events, the classroom session will be available through Microsoft Teams, with the link sent to the email you use to register.
Details:
Location: Plant & Food Research, 49 Cronin Rd, Pukekohe.
Date: Wednesday 16th October (repeating each week, for 8 weeks. Last event 4th December)
Start time: 7:30am
Classroom start time: approximately 8:15am
Finish: 9:00am
FAR will hold a barley workshop in combination with the vegetable workshop on November 6th.
The field day location is an active vegetable cropping farm so all health and safety requirements must be followed by all participants.
For any questions please contact Daniel Sutton; 0274732381 or daniel.sutton@freshvegetables.co.nz
