NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



New Product; Bark 

 Compost-only Medium 



(from Greenhouse Manager, |uly, 1994) 



This spring, lolly Farmer Nurseries, 

 East Lempster, NH. unveiled a 

 growing medium consisting entirely 

 of composted softwood bark culti- 

 vated from material supplied by 

 sawmills of Maine. The company 

 grew its entire spring product line 

 in its new Professional Growing Me- 

 dium (PGM). 



"We were looking for a media 

 that would be better than the nor- 

 mal pet-lite mixes, more resistant 

 to soil-born disease, eliminate the 

 surface algae problem that is so 

 common with peat-lite mixes, and 

 in general have a healthier soil," 

 Daniel English, head grower, said. 

 Unlike aged bark, which requires 

 less attention in production, PGM 

 is composted Regularly watered, 

 the pile of material is turned 

 whenever it reaches a certain tem- 

 perature, usually once or twice a 

 week. The aerobic process in- 

 cludes additions of nitrogen and 

 beneficial bacteria. This biological 

 activity heats up the medium, kill- 

 ing undesirable bacteria. 



"From what we've been told, this 

 is a first," English said, "for 100 

 percent bark media amended to 

 prime growing levels." 



PGM is sold in both 3-cubic foot 

 bags and in bulk. 



For more information, contact 

 Daniel English at 1-800-695-8300. 



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State legislators wrapped up this 

 years debates on pesticides by 

 finding ways to increase local im- 

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FFA 



It's never too late to announce a 

 winner. Winners of the FFA Flori- 

 culture and Nursery/Landscape 

 Competitions held at UNH in 

 Durham on May 13th are as follows: 



Floriculture — First place team: 

 Winnisquam (Vicky Cushing, Jill 

 Ober, Charlie Robinson), second: 

 Coe-Brown (Candy Brown, Correng 

 Bohl, Michelle Dechane), third: Fall 

 Mountain (Mary Wendell Adams, 

 Bridget Blaine, Breanna Smith); In- 

 dividual — first place: Mary Wendell 

 Adams, second: Vicky Cushing, 

 third: Candy Brown. 



Nursery/Landscape — First place 

 team: Pembroke (Nick Tordoff, 

 David Wilson, leremy Lawrence), 

 second Co-Brown (Kevin deRuyter, 

 Tim Hathorn, Sarah Ykema), third: 

 Somersworth (Matt Long, loanne 

 Merrill, Ken Dewing): Individual — 

 first place: Nick Tordoff, second: 

 Matt Long, third: Kevin deRuyter. 



Eighteen teams competed in the 

 Floriculture competition; 17 in the 

 Nursery/Landscape. Congratulations 

 go to all participants — and thanks 

 to everyone who worked to orga- 

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