Seminar Dates: September 19, 2024 9:45 AM
Seminar Cost: $45.00 Register Now
Seminar Description:
PGMS Management Package.
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Plant growth regulators (PGRs) can be a versatile tool for managing trees and shrubs within the urban/suburban interface. PGRs have been around for decades and were first popularized in turf management and floriculture before being adapted into landscape operations to reduce tree and shrub pruning frequency.
Reduced pruning cycles can benefit budgets and labor allocation, and result in less frequent wounding of trees and shrubs. Reduced pruning frequencies can also translate into increased safety on job sites as crew exposure to using powered pruning tools or ascending ladders can be reduced. Arborists and landscape managers continue to find innovative ways to implement PGRs.
Modern growth regulators offer a host of secondary health benefits that improve a plant’s chances of surviving in our urbanized ecosystems. By the end of this talk attendees should have a better understanding of how plant growth regulators work, and their application in the landscape.
Learning Objectives:
1. How a shrub growth regulator can reduce trim cycles by up to 70% improving your jobsite quality, profitability, and appearance driving higher customer retention and growth.
2. The benefits of using plant growth regulators enhancing the health and appearance of the trees and shrubs that are treated setting you apart from the competition.
3. Proper implementation and training that will drive successful plant growth regulator programs to be successful in your operation.
Francisco Sicilia
Francisco is the Horticulture Specialist for Rainbow Ecoscience (RES). Francisco’s role is to design protocols with the R&D team, and Territory Managers at Rainbow Ecoscience for RES customers while working with industry leaders to integrate these protocols into their business.
Francisco began working with Rainbow Companies in 2020, after working 18 years in the Landscape Maintenance Industry in various roles. Francisco graduated from Zamorano University, Honduras with a degree in Agronomy in 2000, then pursued a degree in Agribusiness at Louisiana State University graduating in 2002 before starting a career in the green industry in Florida. Francisco started working on the Golf Course industry in Louisiana just after college, and shortly after got an opportunity to join the team at Tropics north where Francisco spent 16 years building his career. His background in landscape management, irrigation management, and plant health care professional has been his day-to-day experience bringing him to be an excellent resource in developing real life and applicable protocols that can deliver predictable results in the science side and financially. Francisco has become the leading industry resource for RES and its clients on Landscape Management when integrating Plant Growth Regulators and herbicides in the landscape as tools to leverage technology and labor available.
