Pumpkin Growers Twilight Meeting & Sweet Corn Twilight Meeting

Thursday, September 25     4:30 p.m. – dark
Wye Research and Education Center
211 Farm Lane, Queenstown, MD 21658

Meeting participants will be able to see and taste 7 BT sweet corn varieties from a late planted trial. Dr. Galen Dively, long time IPM specialist, will be here for discussion. Also, see 30 varieties of pumpkins grown in a no-till hairy vetch system. Hear university specialists Kate Everts, Jerry Brust, Bryan Butler and Mike Newell describe current pumpkin trials and grower concerns about pumpkin culture and management.

No registration required, light refreshments will be provided.

For more information contact Michael Newell at (410) 827-7388 or mnewell@umd.edu.