The Sixth Annual Greenhouse Management Workshop will be August 12, 2004, in Bloomington at the University of Illinois Extension Office, 402 N. Hershey Road. The workshop is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The registration cost per person is $30 for Illinois Greenhouse Association (IGA) members and $45 for others. Pre-registration must be received by August 5. Checks should be made out to the University of Illinois. If you have any questions, please contact Raymond A. Cloyd at (217)244-7218, phone; (217)244-3469, fax; or rcloyd@uiuc.edu, email.

Tentative schedule for the workshop:

9:00–10:00 a.m. Tunnels of trouble: Dealing with leafminers in greenhouse production; Raymond Cloyd, University of Illinois

10:00–11:00 a.m. WPS in greenhouses: Don’t get caught with your “plants” down; Jerry Kirbach, Illinois Department of Agriculture

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Getting the most out of your mix; Richard Vetanovetz, SunGro Horticulture

12:15–1:15 p.m. Catered lunch

1:15–2:15 p.m. Modes of action: Why this is important to know when rotating pesticides; Raymond Cloyd, University of Illinois

2:30–3:30 p.m. Presentations by exhibitors

3:30–4:00 p.m. Questions and evaluations