The cultural aspects relating to the commercial production and maintenance of ornamental plants grown in nurseries, landscapes and Christmas tree plantations. It does not include management of insect or disease problems. Assist garden centers and street tree managers with problems relating to the establishment and maintenance of ornamental plants. Selecting and preparing sites for urban trees is an area of emphasis.
Special emphasis is given to vegetation management.
Lectures are presented and field demonstrations conducted on weed control, with an emphasis on the proper selection and use of herbicides, and sprayer calibration. Programs on the selection and establishment of low maintenance grasses for use between rows of nursery stock, Christmas tree plantings, and other perennial horticultural crops are conducted. Vegetation management along roadsides and in nursery, landscape, and Christmas plantings. L.J. Kuhns 1996. Evaluation of spring-applied herbicide treatments for the control of sakhalin knotweed.