Turf & Landscape Management

As landscapers and gardeners we typically spend most of our time thinking above ground. We spend countless hours selecting the right plant, considering the right exposure, combinations, size, color, and textures.  Woody plant success is equally dependent on what is going on below ground. A scientific understanding of soil chemistry, biology, physics, and fertility makes us all better at our craft. 

This talk will address basic soil principles, and how we can use them to build and maintain “healthy” soils that maximize woody plant success.

Herbicide injury has traditionally been evaluated as a visual observation of percent injury to the shoots of desired plants, known as phytotoxicity. But what about the damage that can't be seen? This talk discusses the full consequences of herbicide injury, including those not easily visually observed such as root damage, negative impacts on growth index, damage to photosynthesis, and long-term injury.

Workers, new growers and some landscape customers have increased concerns about glyphosate. Additionally, the overuse of glyphosate has resulted in more glyphosate resistant weeds. This presentation will focus on nine combinations of preemergence and postemergence herbicide that we have been researching via MNLA in the past few years as alternatives to glyphosate.

This presentation will cover key aspects that impact labor in your landscape maintenance business. In this fast-paced world of constant demand for production and less labor to perform that work, it is critical to use product technologies to your advantage over competitors in the Green Industry, which allows your business to adapt and innovate. Unfortunately, 71% of Green Industry companies indicate that skilled labor is becoming scarcer, compromising companies' abilities to grow.