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Kaukauna, Wisconsin

Mount Olympus Resort
1881 Wisconsin Dells Parkway

Friday March 15th
7:00 PM to 12:00 PM, Meet at the Gladiator Bar in the Rome Hotel
Talk pumpkin and meet with old friends and new acquaints.

Great Wolf Lodge
1400 Great Wolf Drive

Saturday March 16th
Meeting will be in the Gray Wolf Room
8:00 AM Registration Opens.

8:15 AM Wisconsin Giant Pumpkin Growers Business Meeting

9:45 AM Break

10:00 AM Pumpkin 101
John Barlow and Caleb Jacobus will be doing a hands on presentation on the how to of pumpkin growing. This power point display will take you from the seed, all the way to the scale. Anyone attending this will have no problem impressing their friends and neighbors next fall showing off the Big One

12:00 PM Lunch Break

3/7/2013 8:44:12 PM

Kaukauna, Wisconsin

1:00 PM Controlling Insects and Disease
Glen Martin will be presenting a spray program for insect and plant diseases. What active ingredients are in insecticides and fungicides will be reviewed. Common brand names of these products will be shared.

1:30 PM Products offered by John Deere Landscapes
Dave Warner will explain all the products available from their company include there line of Lesco products.

2:15 PM Break

2:30 PM Organic Material
Joe Ailts will offer an interesting talk on adding organics to your soil. His presentation will including the different stages of organic material.

3:15 PM Services and Products Offered by Agrienery Resourses
Gary Campbell a agronomist with Agrienery Resourses will show how to take a soil sample and read the soil test results. He will then explain how to create biological harmony for peak soil performance.

4:00 PM Paradin Gardens of Madison
Andy Berna will be discussing products they offer to the Grower.
Including, Mycorrhizae, Actinovate, Companion and Tea Brews.

4:30 Dinner Break

7:00 PM Awards for the Wisconsin Giant Pumpkin Growers. Whats new from the GPC.

7:30 PM Chris Stevens , Growing the BIG ONE.
Chris will talk about his experience growing the world record 1,810

Saturday Night there will be a cash bar in the Meeting Room providing beer, Soda and Rail Drinks.

All growers are welcome. Spending the night is optional. You may register for this event at the door.

3/7/2013 8:44:35 PM