Volume 7, Issue 2
Spring 2017
Tree and Seedling Supply Shortage?
Transitioning to the Next Generation/Owner?
Value Gained from Genetic Tree Improvements?
Inside this Issue:
2017 National Christmas
Tree Contest – 2
From the President – 3
VCTGAAnnual Meeting
August 10-12 Preview ‒ 4
Shortages Looming? ‒ 4
No Fertilizer for 16 Years ‒ 6
Questions for Members ‒ 10
Managing Vegetation – 10
Grower Profile:
27 Years Ago − 13
Recycling Evergreens:
30 Years Ago – 13
Beneficial Pollinators ‒ 14
Pest Predictive Calendar ‒ 15
Wythe County Added to
ˆGypsy Moth Quarantine ‒ 16
VCTGA 3/15/17
Board Meeting ‒ 17
NCTANews & Membership ‒ 18
Christmas Tree
Promotion Board ‒ 19
Advertisers
Bosch’s Countryview Nursery – 5
Tim Mitchell’s
Yule Stand System ‒ 9
Alpha Nurseries ‒ 12
Riverside Enterprises ‒ 15
Kelco ‒ 15
Tree Teck ‒ 18
Wagoner’s Fraser Knoll ‒ 20
Save the Dates August 10-12, 2017!
ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WYTHEVILLE, VA