Coming Soon
Pruning and it’s Effects on Plants by Robert Tripepi
Have you ever wondered how pruning influences plants? Why does pruning the right way result in beautifully shaped greenery? Why does pruning incorrectly result in poorly shaped and ugly plants? How can you prune to control size and shape while still encouraging your plants to look their best and/or fruit?
Do you want your yard and garden to look like a Home and Garden spread or like someone let several hyped up five year old kids loose in your yard with electric hedge clippers?
Who can answer these questions and more? Dr. Bob Tripepi, that's who. He is a professor of Plant Science at UI. I have known Bob for years and he is the expert in anything with chlorophyll.
Dr. Bob Tripepi will cover reasons for pruning plants, plant responses to pruning, timing of pruning, types of pruning cuts and locations of pruning cuts. All of these topics are related to how pruning can effect plant growth. Proper pruning can reduce plant maintenance needs for various inputs. The presentation will focus on landscape plants but the principles also apply to fruit trees.
PRESENTER: KOLE TONNEMAKER FROM TONNEMAKER HILL FARM
Kole Tonnemaker of Tonnemaker Hill Farm in Royal City, WA. will tell you more about organic orchard practices and the philosophy behind it.
The Tonnemakers have been growing fruit since 1967, have been bringing fruit to the Moscow Farmers Market since 1984, and joined the organic program in 1997. As you can imagine, they know a lot about how to grow tree fruit organically!
Watch Tonnemaker Hill Farm presentation on YouTube.
Visit Tonnemaker Hill Farm website
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Integrating beneficials, pollinators, and biocontrols in an organic farmscape.
Brad Jaeckel, farm manager at the WSU Eggert Family Organic Farm in Pullman, will discuss strategies to increase beneficial and pollinator insect species as well as other biocontrols to consider. The 10 acre WSU Eggert Family Organic Farm produces vegetables, tree fruit, and provides space for research. Implementing inter-cropped species and perennial habitat for insects throughout the farmscape are key to increased biodiversity. Attraction of raptor and native bird species are also encouraged to reduce rodent and insect pressure. Benefits include increased pollination, reduced insect pests, and reduced rodent populations. Presentation will include specific examples of plant species, planting techniques, and biocontrol designs.
Brad Jaeckel has managed the WSU Organic Farm since 2005 and also teaches three classes in the Organic and Sustainable Agriculture degree. He lives in Moscow, ID, where he and his wife operate Orchard Farm. Kate Jaeckel specializes in natural body care products and grows herbs, botanicals, and cut-flowers for the business and farmer’s market sales.
Watch Brad's presentation on YouTube. here!
Coming soon: Ways to Protect Pollinators From Neonicotinoids and Other Pesticides
Background on use of neonicotinoids, environmental impacts and hazards posed by them, and ways to reduce exposure of pollinators to these pesticides
Learn how to protect pollinators from harmful pesticides in this presentation by Tim Hatten.
Did you know that the plants you purchase at commercial nurseries could be sprayed with neonicotinoid insecticides? The spray can last on the plant for several years killing or harming bees and other pollinators.
Tim Hatten discussed the background on use of neonicotinoids, environmental impacts and hazards posed by them, and ways to reduce exposure of pollinators to these pesticides.
The Palouse Pollinator Summit was February 23-24, 2022
We will be putting zoom video of the speakers here.
Here is a link to the UI Extension/CALS YouTube Channel with the videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0E60BSiNJBFmzB7gcB47AgOBeDK0SCZr
Presenter included:
Michael Parella, UI Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Suvia Judd, President of Rural Roots and small acreage farmer
Eva Strand, UI Associate Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Management
Timothy Hatten, Entomologist, and expert on Palouse insects
David Schott, City of Moscow Parks and Recreation, Parks & Facilities
Manager Sarah Hill, Phoenix Conservancy, Palouse Prairie Project Manager
David James, WSU Associate Professor, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension
Subodh Adhikari, UI postdoctoral fellow in Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology
Luc Leblanc, UI Curator and Manager of William F. Barr Entomological Museum
Nicole Xiao, MHS student, Climate Justice League Co-President
Susan Fluegel, Farmer and Nutritional Biochemist
Pamela Brunsfeld, Botanist, retired Director from UI Stillinger Herbarium
Table Exhibits included: William S. Barr Entomological Museum, Palouse Prairie Foundation – Latah Trail – John Crock Pollinator Garden; Phoenix Conservancy; City of Moscow: Harvest Park & City Challenge with Pullman and Moscow; UI Extension Table – Master Gardeners; Palouse Land Trust; Latah Soil and Water Conservation District; Palouse Conservation District; Seed Library Exchange (P.E.A.S.) and Pollinator Photographs by Gerry Queener. Sponsors include: UI Extension, Rural Roots, Moscow Food Co-op, Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute, Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition, and City of Moscow. Liatris, a PNW nativar, attracts many native pollinators.
Summit organizer Iris Mayes: UI Extension Latah County office at imayes@uidaho.edu or 208-883-2269.
Other sponsors include the City of Moscow, Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute, Rural Roots, Palouse Prairie Foundation and the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition.