Lawn Care Diagnostic Training

Date/Time

August 1, 2024
7:30 am - 4:00 pm EDT

Categories

*THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT, BUT YOU CAN STILL JOIN OUR WAITLIST USING THE BUTTON BELOW.*

The Purdue Turfgrass Program created Diagnostic Training Events in 2011 to provide turf industry professionals the opportunity to learn in a hands-on, demonstration fashion. Participants will learn concepts through presentations in the classroom and in the field during demonstrations of various technologies/products. These demonstrations are set up exclusively for these events and are selected with input from industry professionals. You can expect education focused on lawns for lawn care technicians, relevant and up-to-date info for lawn care technicians, and hands-on, as well as demonstration-based, training. This is truly a unique opportunity and event!

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CCHs Approved by the OISC: Cat.3A(3), Cat.3B(7), Cat.6(3), Cat.RT(4)

Objectives

1. Provide education focused on lawns for lawn care technicians
2. Provide relevant, up-to-date information to lawn care technicians.
3. Provide hands-on as well as demonstration-based training of topics

Each participant will receive the 2024 edition of Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals with a COLOR weed identification section. This guide will help you improve your weed control programs and save you money. Attendees will also receive profiles of common lawn diseases.

Agenda

7:30 am Registration
8:00 am Controlling Yellow Nutsedge This Summer (includes discussion on best control options and mistakes to avoid) – Aaron Patton
9:15 am When Good Lawns Go Bad: Common Problems and Their Diagnosis – Lee Miller
10:30 am Do I Need Slow-Relsease Fertilizers? – Cale Bigelow
11:45 am Lunch provided
12:30 pm Hands-On Weed ID (classroom): Learning Summer Annual Grass ID – Aaron Patton & Vera Vukovic
1:30 pm Hands-on Activities in the Field (three rotating stations)
• Disease Diagnosis: ID Current Diseases and What to Look for in the Coming Weeks – Lee Miller
• Weed Control Tour: Learn Latest Weed Control with Demos – Aaron Patton
• Fertilizer Demonstrations – Cale Bigelow & Jada Powlen
3:15 pm Survey, CCHs, and dismiss (3:30 pm dismissal)

Cost

$125 MRTF members / $185 Non-members

ATTENTION! Cherry Ln. is undergoing construction and an alternate route may be necessary. Please see below for a map with directions and more information.

**Access to the Daniel Turfgrass Research Center from the west. Cherry Ln. is closed east of the Daniel Turf Center (from Northwestern to the Golf Course Entrance). There is access from either McCormick Road or 231 from the west. You may have to drive through construction barriers.**