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Take Advantage of the Great Opportunity to Network with Members at the MLNA Field Day:
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Vendor - just $150
- 10’x10’ Space Displaying your materials.
- FREE lunch
- Networking Time with MLNA Members & Guests
- Listing in Event Program
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Sponsor - just $500
- All Vendor Benefits included
- Preferred booth location near Welcome Area
- Prominently displayed logo on MLNA Welcome Area
- An invitation to publicize your company during MLNA Field Day
- Recognition during the luncheon program
- Identification as sponsor at event
- Featured as a Field Day Sponsor in all materials (print and electronic).
- Ad in MLNA Field Day program
- Sponsor logo and an optional link from MLNA website to your website
- Opportunity to honor a MLNA member or business on the MLNA website
- Field Day commemorative certificate
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10% OFF Large Equipment - From John Deere
Fleet Rates on Lawn Care Equipment - From Club Cadet
Special Insurance Rates - From Hortica Insurance
Commerce Bank is offering a special banking package for MLNA Members
Bookstore Discount - From PLANET
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The MLNA has it. MaryAnn has a list of plants that thrive well in dry conditions. Please Contact her if you'd like this list of plants sent to you.
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FREE MLNA FIELD DAY
for all our members & guests!
The Missouri Landscape & Nursery Association has been busy planning our summer Field Day event for Thursday, June 26th from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm at Forrest Keeling Nursery in Elsberry, Missouri. We plan on having many events throughout the day, including a pond building and patio building classrooms.
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FREE BBQ Lunch -
For all MLNA member
and their guests - RSVP on line!
Interested in being a Vendor or Sponsor? Download the vendor form now to reserve your space. We will have areas for you to set up and display your products and services.
Forrest Keeling will host this year, demonstrate the installation of a Rain Garden and offer guided tours of their facility!
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Survival At Risk!
TLC is needed when planting dogwood trees this spring. Recent study indicates canker infection ( Collar Rot / Phytophthora cactorum) frequently occurs through injuries caused during transplanting, lawn care (mowing injuries) and soil cultivation in the root zone!
This disease causes injury to flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and may kill the affected tree or weaken the tree and make it more susceptible to attack by other organisms.
Check out the MLNA Blog for a list of symptoms and more information.
Dogwood-Missouri’s State Tree
Always a favorite, the Flowering Dogwood is a frequently requested selection yet a success challenge. Studies have been done to determine how this native tree of Missouri might be able to adapt to a cultivated situations. MLNA would like to share your positive experiences and recommendations. We wish to increase everyone’s success level, reduce tree loss and educate our professionals.
Please share your comments and information with maryannfink@mlna.org. Watch in upcoming newsletter for follow up contributions about care and management practices for this favored tree. For more information about this research visit: http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactSheets/collarot/collarot.htm
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(MLNA has inquiring minds….let us know your topic of interest and we will gather the research & results!)
Mulch and Nutrient Cycling:
Research Results
See complete research results at: http://ohioline.osu.edu/sc186/sc186_14e.html
Mulching with composted yard waste and ground wood pallets has a dramatic effects on soil organic matter, microbial activity, and nitrogen cycling according to Ohio State Agriculture Research & Development Center.
Research results were apparent after only one season. Both mulches increased organic matter content of the soil relative to the bare soil control, with the yard waste mulch having the most substantial effect. Both mulches also increased microbial biomass as indicated by increased microbial nitrogen and a doubling of soil respiration (Figure 3). These results are consistent with the hypothesis that soil microbes are carbon limited, and that the addition of organic carbon can increase microbial biomass in the soil.
Previously increased plant growth in response to mulching has been attributed primarily to conservation of soil moisture and weed suppression. In this study, neither of the mulches had any effect on soil moisture or average soil temperature, and plots were fastidiously weeded, so these variables were not a factor. Rather, the primary effects of mulches were conclusively linked to the impacts of their C:N ratio on microbial biomass and nutrient cycling as they decomposed. Clearly, understanding the dominating influence of soil microbes on nitrogen availability is key to understanding the dynamics of soil fertility.
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Q. What do I to do need when I have a fall weed extravaganza like last year?
A. Last year produced a bumper crop of cool season weeds with enough seed to ensure a vigorous new crop this spring. The key for this year is to plan a control strategy that will get a head start on weeds and keep weed encroachment to a minimum. Here is a description of one common weed growing rampant this spring.
Common chickweed (Stellaria media) is a matted, winter annual that is a prolific spring weed that thrives under cool, wet conditions. It rarely tolerates hot, dry conditions that occur in late spring or early summer. It develops low growing, tender, free branching stems that root at each node. It has opposite, smooth, leaves and shallow, very frail roots. The tiny but noticeable flowers are single or in small clusters at ends of stems. The plants form a thick mat of succulent tender vegetation in the early spring that is not eradicated by close mowing. The rough dark brown seeds germinate from late fall through early spring. Common chickweed is effectively controlled by timely applications of pre-emergent.
Pre-emerge applications should be made in early fall prior to the emergence of chickweed. Post-emerge control of chickweed in early spring can be achieved by mechanical removal or with control products specifically labeled for this use. |
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