Join us for the 24th Annual Summer Seminar! This event is open to all lawn care industry professionals. The group will be divided into sub-groups that will spend 30 minutes at each station. Register by August 3!
7:30 – 8:00 AM Registration
8:00 AM Welcome Value for Your OLCA Membership Grateful Embrace OLCA Executive Director, Mark Bennett
8:15 – 8:45 AM Soil Amendments and Establishment Pam Sherratt, OSU, Department of Horticulture & Crop Science
8:45 – 9:45 AM Annual and Perennial Plant Pest Issues Jim Chatfield, OSU, Department of Horticulture & Crop Science (ODA Category 6A, 1.0 hr.)
9:50 – 10:20 AM Mosquitoes and Ticks Station 1 Dave Shetlar, OSU, Urban Landscape Entomology (ODA Category 10D, 0.5 hr.)
10:25 – 10:55 AM Disease Walk Station 2 Todd Hicks and Joe Rimelspach, OSU, Dept of Plant Pathology (ODA Category 8, 0.5 hr.)
11:00 – 11:30 AM Supplier & Equipment Showcase Station 3
11:25 AM – 12:35 PM Grassy Weed Control Options Dave Gardner, OSU, Department of Horticulture & Crop Science (ODA Category 8, 1.0 hr.)
12:40 – 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 - 2:30 PM Optimizing Bee Health Reed Johnson, OSU, Department of Entomology (ODA Core, 1.0 hr.)
2:30 – 2:45 PM BREAK
2:45 – 3:45 PM Sprayer Calibration Matt Williams, OSU (ODA Core, 1.0 hr.)
The summer seminar is sponsored by Ohio State University and the Ohio Lawn Care Association
