Purdue Extension Service
Purdue Extension Service
Vanderburgh County, Indiana
This page is dedicated to keeping professional Horticulture businesses updated on current happenings and upcoming programs. If you have any questions, please send me an e-mail: LCaplan@purdue.edu
You may also want to check out some of the links and references on my Home Horticulture page: http://extension.purdue.edu/Vanderburgh/horticulture/
Gary Johnson Teleconference - March 7, 2008 - Deep Planting and Stem Girdling Root Research Videoconference: Friday, March 7, from 8 am to 11 am CST, at the Vanderburgh County Extension Office, 13301 Darmstadt Rd., Evansville. This program is free, but please call to reserve a seat.
Gary Johnson's website: http://www.forestry.umn.edu/people/facstaff/johnsong/index.html
Update (March 10): Not too many commercial people took advantage of this free program. You missed a great program! I downloaded his PowerPoints and converted them to PDF files, which you can download from here:
Does Depth Matter? http://extension.purdue.edu/Vanderburgh/horticulture/comhort/Does Depth Matter 08.pdf (6.5 MB)
Planting Depth Survey: http://extension.purdue.edu/Vanderburgh/horticulture/comhort/planting depth surveys.pdf (1.5 MB)
A Practitioner's Guide to Stem Girdling Roots: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/DD7501.html (This is a link to Dr. Johnson's excellent publication, which provides more information and material than what can be found on the slides).
2008 Professional Landscape Management School brochure: http://extension.purdue.edu/Vanderburgh/horticulture/comhort/Brochure2008.pdf
2008 Professional Landscape Management School registration form: http://extension.purdue.edu/Vanderburgh/horticulture/comhort/RegForm2008.pdf
At the 2008 PLMS, Dr. Chris Luley promised to send me copies of some of his bulletins on wood decay. I have posted them on my website, below:
Visual Identification of Decay Fungi of Living Trees: http://extension.purdue.edu/Vanderburgh/horticulture/comhort/Decay fungi.pdf
Basidiomycete Wood Decay Life Cycle: http://extension.purdue.edu/Vanderburgh/horticulture/comhort/lifecycle.pdf
Visual Indicators of Structural Root Decay and Root Problems in Trees: http://extension.purdue.edu/Vanderburgh/horticulture/comhort/rootdecay.pdf
Visual Indicators of Stem Decay in Trees: http://extension.purdue.edu/Vanderburgh/horticulture/comhort/stemdecay.pdf