Events Thursday
ECA ANNUAL MEETING
Exotic Conifer Association
Thursday, August 3rd 2023
Hosted by Paul & sherrill Schottler at
St Croix Valley Christmas Trees - Somerset, Wisconsin
Thursday farm tours and demonstrations will cover:
Seed Orchard Pollination Techniques
Cone Harvesting, Drying, Processing
Insect and Weed Control
ID and Control of Root Disease
Agenda
8:00 Registration (Coffee & Donuts)
8:30 Welcome and Farm/Nursery History - the Downey's
9:00 Conifer Insect News, Dr. Richard Cowles, CT. Ag. Station
10:00 Controlled Pollination of Abies - Larry & Jimmy Downey
Picking Parents, Scouting for pollen
Covering immature cones
Harvesting and processing pollen
Identifying receptive female cones
Injecting receptive female cones with pollen
Record keeping
12:00 Box Lunch and ECA Business Meeting
1:00 Harvesting & Processing Conifer Cones/Seed - Downey's
Ready to pick test? Is later better?
Air drying cones & seed
Separating & cleaning seed
Seed testing & storage
Record keeping
2:30 Weed Control News - Dr. Jatinder Aulakh, CT Ag. Exp. Station
3:30 Conifer Root Disease - ID & Control - Dr. Justin WhiteHill, NCSU
6:00 ECA Dinner and Social at local restaurant (tbd)
Lodging REcommendations:
Delta Hotels by Marriott, Sherbrooke: 1-819-822-1989
HoTeL Gouverneur, Sherbrooke: 1-888-910-1111
Hotel Le President, Sherbrooke: 1-800-363-2941
CONTACTS:
Downey Tree Farm Office: 1-819-566-0319 or 1-819-842-3449
Jimmy Downey: 1-819-212-0333
Larry Downey: 1-819-678-5329