2018 Summer Lawn Care Seminar

Aug 9, 2018, 8:00am - 4:00pm
Deadline: 
Friday, August 3, 2018
Cost: 
$50 for OLCA member if registered by August 3, $85 for Non-members, group pricing available
Location: 
OSU Turfgrass Research Facility, 2551 Carmack Rd., Columbus, OH 43210,
Contact: 
Ohio Lawn Care Association
800-510-5296

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