Commercial Horticulture
Programming by Horticulture Cluster
Horticulture agents in the counties of Cuyahoga, Lake and Lorain work cooperatively to generate programming for all three counties. Each agent has an area of specialization and carries out programming for the three county area. Contact the agent specializing in your area of commercial horticulture.
Cuyahoga Co. (currently Vacant) - Consumer horticulture
Tim Malinich (Lorain Co.) - Greenhouse and landscape
Randy Zondag (Lake Co.) - Nursery, landscape maintenance
Programming for commercial horticulture clients includes:
Green Industry Newsletter
Buckeye Yard and Garden Line
Diagnostic Services
Classes / Training
Pesticide Testing
Links
Green Industry Newsletter
A newsletter sent via eMail or ground mail to commercial horticulturists in the Cuyahoga county area. This publication addresses local concerns and programming in the area and across the state.
To subscribe contact the county extension office in which your business resides or operates: Cuyahoga - Vacant, Lake - Randy Zondag, Lorain - Tim Malinich. Be sure to include your business name, eMail, address, phone number.
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Buckeye Yard and Garden Line (BYGL)
This weekly newsletter discuses insect, disease and cultural problems reported in Ohio. BYGL is developed from a Tuesday morning conference call of Extension agents, specialists, and other contributors in Ohio. There are 27 issues published during the growing season. BYGL is available on the Internet from the Ohio State University Horticulture and Crop Science (HCS) in Virtual Perspective web site.
BYGL is a service of OSU Extension and is aided by major support from the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association (ONLA), with additional funding from the Ohio Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) to the OSU Extension Nursery Landscape, and Turf Team (ENLTT).
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Diagnostic Services
It is usually recommended that commercial clients send their samples directly to the C. Wayne Ellet Plant Pest Diagnostic Clinic. Fees vary depending upon type of sample and tests conducted.
Cuyahoga county extension operates an in-house diagnostic clinic. This clinic utilizes visual diagnostics only. There is a $5 fee per sample. Forms can be requested from our office. The quality of the diagnosis depends upon the quality of the sample. Please provide a generous sample which includes both infected and non infected tissues. A report will be sent via eMail or ground mail.
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Programming
To be Announced
Diagnostic Walkabouts
Take a critical look at landscape and turf during an early morning landscape walk in Sunset Memorial Park. Charles Behnke and Tim Malinich, horticulturists with Ohio State University Extension, will go over scouting, diagnostics and control of landscape pests. This is for commercial horticulturists only, and an hour of ODA recertification credit will be available. For registration information,
call 216-429-8224.
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Pesticide Testing & Recertification
Cuyahoga County: TBA. If you can't find a date in Cuyahoga county, you could try for a date in Lorain county (below). However, make reservations through ODA.
Recertification for Private Applicators
We receive only a few requests for private applicator recertification each year. Therefore we refer private
applicators to Lake county (eastsiders) or to Lorain county (westsiders). The Lorain county date is past for this year. Look for seasonal programming that offers recertification credit.
ONLA - Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association
OLA - Ohio Landscapers Association
OTF - Ohio Turfgrass Foundation
ODA - Ohio Department of Agriculture
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