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Spring Conference 2019
Tuesday 15th
January 2019
NFU Conference Centre CV8 2TZ
‘Optimising your own seedling
and cutting propagation’
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Spring Conference & AGM 14th & 15th January 2019
Monday 14th January Stratford Manor Hotel CV37 0PY
16:30 Annual General Meeting
Presentation of Accounts
Reports to the AGM
Elections
19:30 Informal dinner
Tuesday 15th January
NFU Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth CV8 2TZ
08:30 Registration
09:15 Welcome Lee Abbey – Chief Horticultural Adviser
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Technical Seminar programme
‘Optimising your own cutting
and seedling propagation.’
9:30-10:15 Will Healy
Ball Horticultural Company
West Chicago, IL 60185, USA
“Propagation in the USA today”
As senior manager of technical services, Will is responsible for develop-
ing production programs and operational efficiencies that produce con-
sistent high quality young plants (plugs and liners). Will works with Ball
companies, suppliers and customers throughout the world training their
staff in cutting edge production practices. Over the last 30 years, Will
has developed innovative approaches and scheduling programs that re-
duce shrink, improve operational efficiencies with reduced crop times.
Will’s current research emphasis focuses on reducing shrink throughout
the supply chain from seed and cutting producers all the way through to
customer’s retail operations. As growers move to performance based
trading, managing shrink has become the new ‘ticket to play’ for grow-
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ers at all levels. Since shrink must be evaluated holistically, Will has
developed tools to optimize the product assortment; strategies that
reduce buffer requirements as well as production techniques and pro-
cess improvements to increase yields and grower training to improve
uniformity and overall quality. As author of over 400 Ball Culture Advi-
sors, Will is well versed in crop production. Before coming to Ball, Will
was a faculty member at the University of Maryland and Colorado State
University where he published over 30 scientific publications on flori-
culture production. Will received his PhD from the University of Minne-
sota working with Harold Wilkins.
10:15 -11:00 Uwe Grüge University lecturer
Woody Plant and Propagation Physiology,
Institute of Horticultural Production Systems -
Leibniz Universität Hannover
“Understanding the factors affecting the survival of cuttings and rooting”
Starting out as a gardener, training in Nordkirchen, Germany and Eu-
gene, USA, Uwe has pursued an academic career studying plant physi-
ology and disease. For the last 23 years he has been group leader in
the research group on adventitious rooting and development based at
the IGZ in Erfurt.
He has worked on the physiology of development and growth of horti-
cultural, (mainly ornamental) crops these including the processes: ad-
ventitious root formation, leaf senescence and vegetative growth. The
environmental factors analysed: light, temperature, nitrogen nutrition,
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abiotic stress factors and symbiotic microorganisms. The main focus is
the role of endogenous plant hormones and primary metabolism (C, N)
and interactions of both.
Since 2018 he has been a university lecturer at the Institute of Horticul-
tural Production Systems, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leibniz Universität
Hannover. He is currently an independent lecturer and scientific con-
sultant.
11: 00 - 11:30 COFFEE
11:30-12:00 Erik Runkle
Dr. Erik Runkle -Professor and Extension Spe-
cialist in the Department of Horticulture at
Michigan State University.
“Lighting plugs and cuttings - regimes and lamps”
Erik obtained a B.Sc. in Ornamental Horticulture from the University of
Illinois and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Horticulture at Michigan State Universi-
ty. Since he joined the faculty in 2001, he and his graduate research
team have performed numerous practical experiments in controlled en-
vironments to determine the effects of light, temperature, and other en-
vironmental factors on growth and development of floriculture crops
and high-value leafy greens, including during propagation and finishing
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phases of production.
To date, he has co-edited 6 books and authored 14 book chapters,
over 100 papers in scientific journals, and nearly 300 articles in trade
magazines.
12:00 -12:20 Neil Bragg
Soil Scientist
“Nutrition, water quality and monitoring” As retired Chairman of the HDC and member of the Defra Task force
set up in 2011 to develop the program towards 'responsibly sourced
growing media', Neil has continued as a leader in growing media devel-
opment.
As a soil scientist, Neil has been recognised for his work on the devel-
opment of peat additives and replacement materials since his work in
ADAS in the 1980's. There remain many challenges towards the goals
set by government and Neil will continue to be fully engaged.
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12:20 -12:40 Raymond van den Berg
International Sales Manager - ISO Group
“Automated cuttings handling– Time to invest? ” ISO Group is an innovative supplier of greenhouse automation for
the protected horticulture. ISO Group combines Vision, Robotics and
high-end software technology to help growers automating labour
intensive tasks in a greenhouse.
ISO Groups automates grading, planting, sampling, sticking, graft-
ing and cutting of (young) plants.
Since his short work experience with Onings Holland Flowerbulbs,
Raymond has taken his career path over the last 10 years through
software advice and development to the production of glasshouse
automation systems.
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12:40 -13:10 Will Healy
Ball Horticultural Company
“Water relations and environmental management - avoiding common problems” In his second talk, Will deals with common problems in managing irri-
gation for propagation. A key to Ball’s success in young plant produc-
tion has been the development of product standards and procedures to
insure consistent performance. Working with growers, Will has devel-
oped protocols that ensure consistent supplies for customers. These
procedures involve operational, software and plant culture studies
since the control of one single aspect will not ensure consistent supply.
Currently Will is focusing on the watering process and micronutrient
fertilization since these are major drivers of variability and improved
yields.
13:10 - 14:00 LUNCH
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Garden Day launches in the UK
On Sunday 12 May 2019, a
community benefit project
will be launching across
the UK. At the peak of the
horticultural season, Gar-
den Day will encourage
people nationwide to down
tools and spend the day
celebrating their gardens
with friends, family and
neighbours.
Anyone and everyone can
get involved – from the
family gardeners and allot-
ment aficionados to urban
houseplant enthusiasts –
by hosting celebrations at
home. The aim of the day
is simply to celebrate the
spring season along with
the mental and physical
benefits that gardens bring
us all year round.
The campaign aims to reach across the industry to growers, plant
retailers and gardeners alike, inviting everyone to pop on a flower
crown on Garden Day to show their support.
This is your opportunity to get involved today!!
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14:00 -14:20 Chris Need
Need Consulting
“Understanding your plants - micro-climate sensors and big data” Having obtained a degree in Horticulture
from Bath University Chris joined ADAS in
1988 as a consultant specialising in bedding plants. He worked for
Roundstone Nurseries initially as Technical Manager then Production
Director. He continued this management role during the period of rap-
id expansion and automation that followed the company diversifying
into propagation and hardy plants with the acquisition of New Forest
Plants and New Place Nurseries. In 2015, following the sale of Round-
stone to Newey Group, he undertook interim management and then set
up Need Consulting in 2016. Chris is now delivering technical and busi-
ness consultancy to a wide variety of nurseries and organisations. He is
currently Technical Secretary to the BPOA Technical Committee.
14:20 -14:40 Ant Surrage
Technical Development Specialist, Fargro
“Optimising biopesticides in propa-gation ”
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Ant worked on his family’s ornamentals nursery during his teens doing
basic jobs and then attended the University of Worcester studying Biol-
ogy and specialising in his final year in plant genetics and cellular regu-
lation. Ant now works as a technical development specialist for Fargro
Ltd, on the development of the range of national exclusive products
which includes an array of biopesticides, conventional chemistry and
smart sensing technology.
14:20 -14:40 Jon Swain
Senior consultant, FEC Energy
“Managing the glasshouse environ-ment for propagation ” Jon has been part of the FEC Energy team since 2005 and since then
has been working on horticultural energy projects including the use of
thermal screens, temperature integration and next generation growing.
Jon has been responsible for the GrowSave programme (AHDB Funded
KE project) for the last 4 years which aims to ensure growers have the
latest information in respect of energy and climate management mat-
ters suitable for their business.
15:00 Meeting close and tea
BPOA is grateful for the support of our sponsors
BPOA PO Box 691 CHICHESTER PO19 9NA
www.bpoaonline.co.uk www.homegrownplants.org.uk
E:bpoa@btconnect.com
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