NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



NHPGA to Sponsor Fall 

 Recertification Meeting 



The New Hampshire Plant Grow- 

 ers' Association will sponsor a 

 day-long Pesticide Applicators' 

 Recertification Meeting in the 

 fall. The Board felt, seeing that 

 many members' permits are up for 

 renewal in 1993 and that people 

 sometimes find it difficult to at- 

 tend several sessions for one or 

 two credits each, that it would be 

 useful to organize a meeting in 

 which as many credits as possible 

 are offered within a reasonable 

 amount of time. 



The tentative date is Novem- 

 ber 12. The location (again ten- 

 tative — in Manchester) will be 

 announced. The five hour ses- 

 sion (9-12 and 1-3) will offer five 

 credits — two core and three that 

 will qualify for greenhouse/nurs- 

 ery/interior plant categories. 



More information will be forth- 

 coming as details are worked out. 



Nursery Certificate Fee 



(from Weekly Market Bulletin, 

 April 8 & 22) 



A fee of $25.00 will now be 

 charged New Hampshire 

 nurserymen for state inspection 

 and approval of nursery stock. 



This fee covers to some extent 

 the time spent traveling to the 

 site, inspecting and certifying the 

 nursery stock, providing informa- 

 tion, and issuing the certificate. 



Several people have wondered 

 how this fee will he paid. Accord- 

 ing to Dr. Siegfried Thewke, 

 State Entomologist, "after the in- 

 spection is completed, we will 

 hand you a copy of the field re- 

 port listing conditions found and 

 a bill for the nursery certificate. 

 We would prefer you to mail your 

 check along with the yellow bill- 

 ing copy to the address at the top 

 of the yellow copy. Be sure to 

 make your check out to "Trea- 

 surer, State of New Hampshire.' 

 When we receive your fee and 

 have recorded what information 

 we need, you will be sent your 

 nursery certificate." 



If you have questions, you 

 can call Dr. Thewke at (603) 

 271-2561. 



Flow^able Limestone Eases 

 Plug pH Adjustments 



(from Greenhouse Manager, 

 April, 1992.) 



Jolly Farmer in East Lempster 

 has found flowable limestone can 

 raise soil pH instantly on fertil- 

 izer-sensitive plugs without caus- 

 ing adverse plant reactions. 



Jolly Farmer tested pH level? in 

 trays of geranium plugs last Octo- 

 ber. One application of W.A. 

 Cleary Chemical Corp.'s flowable 

 limestone raised the growing me- 

 dium pH by half a point without 

 leaf burning. 



The findings are contingent 

 on the limestone being injected 

 through the irrigation system ar 

 the lowest recommended label 

 rate early in the growth cycle. 



For more: Daniel English at 

 Jolly Farmer; 1-800-695-8300. 



Governor's Task Force 

 Recommendations 



(from an article by Mary K. 

 Reynolds, Urban Forester and 

 Director of the America the Beauti- 

 ful Tree-Planting Program for the 

 State of New Hampshire. Mary i- 

 also a member of the NH Arbonszs' 

 Association and serves as Chairpe-^- 

 son of the Association's Certification 

 Committee.) 



New Hampshire has lots of tree>. 

 New Hampshire today is the 

 second most heavily forested 

 (about 87%) state in the countrv. 

 But having lots oi trees and haN - 

 ing lots of safe, healthy, and at- 

 tractive trees are two different 

 matters. 



With this in mind, in Septem- 

 ber, 1989, Governor and Mrs. 

 Gregg, in cooperation with State 

 Forester Jack Sargent, the Coor- 

 erative Extension Service, and the 

 Society for the Protection of New 

 Hampshire Forests, established the 

 Governor's Task Force on Corr- 

 munity Trees in New Hampshire. 

 Sixteen people representing a v,;- 



riety of disciplines were asked to 

 serve on the Task Force. The 

 three cooperating agencies as- 

 signed employees to provide tech- 

 nical support. 



The purpose in establishing the 

 Force was to encourage the plant- 

 ing and maintenance of trees in 

 communities, to inform people 

 about the value of trees, and to 

 foster greater appreciation of a re- 

 source most people take for 

 granted. 



Task Force activities were 

 many and varied. Arbor Day cel- 

 ebrations were much more wide- 

 spread — over a hundred commu- 

 nity programs were held. Mem- 

 bers of the Task Force formed 

 working committees which sub- 

 mitted reports to Governor and 

 Mrs. Gregg in December, 1990. 



Some of the information pre- 

 sented is surprising. For example, 

 one working committee reported 

 that approximately 50% of the 

 trees planted each year are 

 planted incorrectly. Many of the 

 trees are poorly chosen, planted 

 in the wrong location, planted 

 too deeply, or pruned improperly. 

 Many aren't cared for after plant- 

 ing. 



In New Hampshire, where 

 some 30-65% of the shade tree 

 resource of 25-30 years ago has 

 been lost to Dutch Elm Disease 

 and maple decline, it's important 

 that the trees planted today sur- 

 vive and prosper. 



Unlike states with many large 

 urban centers, 65% of New 

 Hampshire's communities have 

 populations of less than 2,500. 

 Only nine percent of New 

 Hampshire's 234 communities 

 have populations exceeding 

 10,000. Small communities have 

 limited resources for community 

 programs and this presents a spe- 

 cial challenge. 



People tend to think of trees as 

 permanent, perhaps because of 

 the relatively short human life 

 span. But they are not and the 

 Governor's Task Force has made 

 us aware of the need for citizen 

 participation in the preservation 

 of these important pieces of our 

 environment. 



June/July 1992 



