Tennessee Greentimes - Summer 2019

VOL. 20/NO. 2

Summer 2019

10 Plants

That Shaped Tennessee Weed Control Lessons Learned in 2018

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In the Landscape 10 Plants That Shaped Tennessee

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In the Nursery Federal Assistance for Nursery Growers and Farmers

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Upcoming Events Save the Date for TNGIE and Field Day........................................................................17

Departments From the President............................................................................................................6 TNLA Sponsors..................................................................................................................6 Welcome, New TNLA Members.......................................................................................7 Calendar of Events.............................................................................................................7 Index of Advertisers.........................................................................................................15

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The Tennessee Greentimes is the official publication of The Tennessee Nursery & Landscape Association, Inc. 115 Lyon Street McMinnville, Tennessee 37110 (931) 473-3951 Fax (931) 473-5883 www.tnla.com Email: mail@tnla.com Published by Leading Edge Communications, LLC 206 Bridge Street Franklin, Tennessee 37064 (615) 790-3718 Fax (615) 794-4524 Email: info@leadingedge communications.com Editors Dr. Bill Klingeman Dr. Amy Fulcher Associate Editors Dr. Nick Gawel Dr. Frank Hale Dr. John Sorochan TNLA Officers President Jon Flanders Botanico, Inc. 1st Vice President Bert Driver Bert Driver Nursery 2nd Vice President Morgan Adcock Scenic Hills Nursery 3rd Vice President Michael Gallagher Heather Farms Nursery Secretary-Treasurer Cody Walker Walker Nursery Co. Associate Director Justin Woodlee Tennessee Valley Tractor & Equipment Ex-Officio Justin Stelter JS Gardening, LLC Executive Director Louree Walker

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I mentioned in my Spring message, your TNLA board is adapting to change in many ways but there is still work to be done. I believe our board and committees are still underrepresented in a few key demographics. We would like to see more women and minorities volunteer to serve on the board and committees. We know you are out there doing a lot of the work from the front office, to sales and service, to field production, to shipping. In order to help shape our agenda and get the recognition you deserve, we need to hear from you. Please step forward and tell us that you are willing and ready to serve. We’ve only had one female TNLA President, yet most companies have key female employees or owners. Good News — we are going to make this easy for you. New officers are formally nominated at the annual business meeting (but let us hear from you before then) held during the TNGIE Trade Show on September 12th–13th (please visit www.TNGIE.com for all the details, dates, times, and location). Speaking of the trade show, if you need a booth or would like to be a sponsor please contact our Executive Director, Louree Walker at (931) 473-3951 or louree.tnla@gmail.com Another important event coming up soon is the Tennessee Green Industry Field Day which will be held at the UT Gardens on June 25, 2019 – for more information on the program, exhibitors, and sponsorships please contact Louree or visit our Events Leaf page on our website at www.TNLA.com.

Your TNLA board is genuinely committed to our mission statement, “hard working people representing hard working people in the green industry.” We are always looking for your input, feedback, and participation. Please do not forget to nominate deserving people for awards and scholarships, as well as to serve on the board and in committees. We need your help and your input to achieve our goals and move our industry forward. As always, I look forward to meeting the challenges of 2019 and continuing the proud legacy of your Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association, established 1905.

Jon Flanders TNLA President

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In the Landscape

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10 Plants That Shaped Tennessee Have Been Chosen

By Andy Pulte, Natalie Bumgarner, Patty McDaniels, Jake Nelson For in-depth descriptions of why each plant was chosen, visit: tenplants.tennessee.edu

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ver a year and a half has passed since an idea was born to recognize the ten plants that have made the state of Tennessee what it is today. During 2018, over 600 Tennesseans nominated a variety of plants they viewed as the most significant to the state. Nominations were invited in a variety of categories including plants known for food, culture, history and landscape. Respondents came from all over the state and included academics, high school teachers, a few kindergarteners, and members of the plant-loving public. After weighing the nominations, carefully considering each nomination’s significance and using our own expertise, the 10 plants that most shaped the history of the state were chosen in early 2019. Because the list had to be balanced, both beneficial and negative aspects of nominated plants were considered. We looked at popular row crops, ornamental plants, unhealthy and invasive plants, and some plants with unpleasant histories.

As I reflect on the plants chosen, I can tell you that every plant on this list is important. Some of them I could have guessed would end up on the list. However, there were a few surprises that could not be ignored, especially with the number of Tennesseans who nominated them. People see more plants than any other organism in their lifetime. Plants have the ability to influence you in a variety of ways: mentally, physically,

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spiritually and emotionally. Bringing an awareness to a sort of plant-blindness is at the heart of this project.

Every one of the plants on the list has shaped the lives of those who call this state home. Plants do make it possible for us to live here on Earth. The air we breathe, the food we eat, the clothes we wear are all made possible because of plants.

The Ten Plants That Shaped Tennessee Are: • American chestnut: It’s been nearly a century since a fungus eradicated this king of the forest, but the widespread and majestic tree was so valued for timber and wildlife that though gone, it still stands out in the state’s culture and history.

• Beans (several varieties): Snap beans, pole beans, soybeans… several varieties of beans are endemic to Tennessee history.

From pioneer days to this day, bean crops have been important to farmers, home gardeners and the state’s food industry.

• Corn: West Tennesseans view corn mainly as an agronomic centerpiece, but in East Tennessee the plant conjures up images of grits and cornpone that were dietary staples. All across the state, corn has been associated with legal (and illegal) distillery operations.

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• Cotton: More than 300,000 acres of our state are devoted to cotton production yearly. As a fiber, cotton is used in virtually every type of clothing. As a food, its seed is crushed for oil and meal that is used to feed livestock and for human food products.

• Tobacco: Though its recent history is clouded, tobacco was one of the earliest crops planted by settlers in Tennessee and has shaped the state’s economy and health since Tennessee joined the Union.

• Dogwood (Photo 1): Found naturally across many Tennessee counties, dogwood is among the state’s favorite trees. Many festivals celebrate its spring blooms. In nursery production, which centers in Middle Tennessee, our state ranks first in dogwood production.

• White oak (Photo 3): As long as there has been people in Tennessee, they have been relying on white oaks for survival and income. We use it to build our houses and it graces our hearths as fuel on cold winter nights.

• Ginseng: This native herbaceous perennial plant has been harvested and used or sold for hundreds of years. It is entwined in the history of eastern Tennessee and our deciduous forests.

• Grasses (prairie and turf) (Photo 2): Tennessee was once a complicated and diverse mosaic of many different types of plant communities which included forest and some of the most diverse prairie systems on the planet. Bison once roamed these prairies. As for turfgrasses, everyone knows they have become an integral part of our lives. Our lawns and playgrounds are covered with them. The estimated acreage of turfgrass in Tennessee is somewhere north of 1 million acres.

• Kudzu: Easily recognizable by almost anyone in Tennessee, kudzu is among the invasive plant species that damage our natural environment.

Andy Pulte and Natalie Bumgarner of the Department of Plant Sciences spent much of 2018 developing the Ten Plants That Shaped Tennessee. More than 600 nominations were submitted, and submissions were open to the public. Together with a panel of other UTIA and community experts in a range of fields, all the nominations were weighed, and each nomination’s significance was carefully considered to develop the final list of 10 plants that most influenced the state.

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In the Nursery

Federal Assistance

for Tennessee Nursery Growers and Farmers

By Amy Dismukes, TSU Area Extension Specialist, TSU Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center

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conception in the depression, its mission tried and true, the Farm Service Agency was created with the goal of supporting farms and farming communities.

With more than 50 federal farm programs nationwide, there is assistance available for all farmers, including nursery producers, regardless of size or type.

Today, the two primary FSA areas are farm programs and loans. Farm programs include conservation assistance and disaster assistance programs, while loan programs offer credit.

To learn more about how FSA programs may be able to assist you, make an appointment with your local FSA office, where you can get a detailed explanation of programs and benefits.

A few specific areas of interest that may benefit nursery producers include aerial photography, disaster programs such as the Tree Assistance Program (TAP), and even conservation options under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

As you get started with FSA, your farm will be located utilizing aerial photography and assigned a farm number, which will be beneficial in managing future participation with FSA. This service can be very useful for producers with multiple sites or a broad inventory. Aerial mapping can assist in notating areas of concern, such as sites with active erosion or locations that have the potential to erode. Mapping can also include plotting different soil types and pH differences, or even in documenting locations that have had pest outbreaks for future reference.

February 2019 alone set record levels for rain. Excessive rainfall often translates into flooding in fields and the issues that accompany saturated soils. The Tree Assistance Program (TAP) has been reauthorized by the 2018 Farm Bill and is available to provide financial assistance to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers seeking to replant or rehabilitate eligible trees, bushes

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and vines lost by natural disasters. This assistance includes help with recovery from crop losses due to pests and pathogens that subsequently occur on plants following stresses that were imposed on crops as a consequence of the natural disaster.

To qualify for TAP, eligible growers must have (1) suffered qualifying tree, bush or vine losses in excess of 15% mortality for the stand from a natural disaster, (2) own the plant material (not necessarily the land) when the disaster occurred and (3) replace said eligible plants within 12 months of approval. Lindsay Locke with the Warren County FSA office says the most important detail for growers regarding TAP is “don’t destroy it until it’s been seen, in the ground/site”. Often, the material in question is removed or culled before the adjuster can confirm, thus making the claim void. The adjusters aim to assess the materials as quickly as possible.

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is another unique FSA program that focuses on land conservation. Signed into law in 1985, CRP is the largest private-lands conservation program in the US. In exchange for a yearly rental payment, producers agree to remove environmentally sensitive land from production and to plant species that will improve environmental health and quality. The long-term goal is re-establishment of land cover that is intended to improve water quality and prevent soil erosion.

Thanks to voluntary participation, CRP has improved the lives and land of Tennesseans for generations to come.

Additional conservation programs exist through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), which is a sister companion to FSA. Objectives of NRCS’s conservation programs are to reduce soil erosion, enhance water supplies and quality and significantly decrease damage that occurs from floods and other natural disasters. The NRCS offers financial and technical

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Matt Feno, the NRCS District Conservationist in Middle Tennessee, in collaboration with Dr. Anthony Witcher, will be working with several growers during the next few years to examine cover crop usage for nursery production. If you have an interest in this area or are interested in trial information, please contact Dr. Anthony Witcher, awitcher@tnstate.edu, at the TSU Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center in McMinnville, Tennessee.

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is administered by the NRCS and helps producers manage farming challenges through conservation. NRCS works directly with the producer to improve operations while simultaneously conserving natural resources. The goal of these practices is cleaner water and air and improved production, all through the development and implementation of conservation practices and tools. For information about FSA and/or NRCS programs, please contact your local FSA and NRCS offices.

As the 2019 season progresses, remember that new advances in production technologies and techniques are continually emerging. The TSU Area Extension Specialist is available to address pest issues and for best management practice updates and can be reached at (931) 815-5140 or by contacting the Area Extension Specialist at adismuk1@tnstate.edu. C

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Turf Talk

Weed Control Lessons Learned in 2018

By Jim Brosnan, Ph.D., Greg Breeden, and José J. Vargas, University of Tennessee

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ach year the turfgrass weed science program at the University of Tennessee conducts hundreds of research trials in the field, greenhouse, and laboratory. Despite having an array of different objectives, all of these trials have a singular focus: to help turfgrass managers with weed management issues. The article below outlines key lessons learned in our program last year that will hopefully be of use to turfgrass managers in the coming season.

Lesson #1 – Explore Weather Data Mother nature certainly threw turfgrass managers across Tennessee many curveballs in 2018. The year began with air temperatures measuring much higher than historical averages leading to spring emergence of warm-season turfgrasses (and weeds) occurring earlier than normal. Air temperatures fell in April, measuring nearly 10 degrees cooler (on average) than April 2017. Warming in 2018 (as measured by growing degree day accumulation) was higher than the previous two seasons and this period of warming continued into the fall. A detailed breakdown of erratic weather across Tennessee in 2018 is available at: https://medium.com/@UTTurfWeeds/several-curveballsfrom-mother-nature-in-2018-d487c9b2015d.

Irregular weather patterns will not only affect the severity of weed infestations in warm- and cool-season turfgrasses but the efficacy of several herbicide treatments as well. That said, University of Tennessee Extension is here to help. Should turfgrass managers encounter oddities during the 2019 season, they are highly encouraged to contact the University of Tennessee for a breakdown of climatic conditions that may help explain the situation.

Lesson #2 – Know Your Poa One of the biggest lessons learned last year is that Poa annua, or common bluegrass, populations across the state of Tennessee are very different from one another. Thanks to support from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA)

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and Tennessee Chapter of GCSAA, our team is currently conducting a survey of Poa annua across the state. Efforts have allowed us to study 72 different populations randomly selected during spring 2018 from golf courses in East, Middle and West Tennessee that had either bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) or zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) as a primary turfgrass species. Things we’ve learned studying these populations include: • Poa annua from West Tennessee takes longer to germinate from seed than that found in Middle or East Tennessee.

Moreover, populations from West Tennessee grow less vigorously from seed as well.

• Over 64% of the Poa annua collected in this survey has some level of resistance to glyphosate (e.g., Roundup) • Over 58% of the Poa annua collected in this survey has some level of resistance to prodiamine (e.g., Barricade) While we are still continuing to study these populations, implications of this research to turfgrass managers across Tennessee are significant, particularly in regards to herbicide selection. The current recommendation from University of Tennessee Extension is to target Poa annua infestations of warm-season turfgrass with a mixture of pre- and postemergence herbicides in October. This approach is an optimal resistance management strategy in that it facilitates using multiple modes of action for control. Additionally, delaying treatment until October increases the likelihood of turf remaining devoid of Poa annua throughout spring, compared to making a single application of a preemergence herbicide in late August or early September.

Lesson #3 – Soil Moisture Affects Goosegrass Control Postemergence goosegrass (Eleusine indica) control is a challenge every season. In 2018, we learned that the growing environment

in which goosegrass is commonly found could be a reason why herbicide applications often struggle. We evaluated several different herbicides for postemergence goosegrass control in the greenhouse including Speedzone, Acclaim Extra, Tribute Total, Pylex, and Revolver. These treatments were applied to multitiller goosegrass maintained in soils varying in volumetric moisture content (VMC) from <12% to >20%. When applied at maximum labeled rates to plants growing in soils measuring <12% VMC, none of the herbicides tested controlled goosegrass greater than 25%. When soil moisture increased, goosegrass control increased dramatically as well. For example, Tribute Total only controlled goosegrass 20% when applied to plants growing in soil measuring <12% VMC compared to 93% when applied to plants growing in soil measuring >20% VMC. To that end, we are recommending that turfgrass managers measure soil moisture content before making postemergence herbicides for goosegrass control in 2019. Use of a moisture meter can aid in determining if adequate soil moisture is present prior to treatment. It is important to remember that goosegrass needs time to acclimate to changes in soil moisture; simply applying irrigation prior to herbicide treatment likely will not improve efficacy.

Lesson #4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Perennial Weeds of High Soil Moisture Continue to be an Issue

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Another takeaway from last year was that perennial weeds that prefer moist soils continue to be problematic. Weeds such as kyllinga (Kyllinga spp.), yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus), purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus), Virginia buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) and doveweed (Murdannia nudiflora) continue to infest warm- and cool-season turfgrasses across Tennessee and beyond. As a result, many of the newest herbicides entering the turfgrass marketplace have been developed with these weeds in mind including (but not limited to) Aethon, Celero, Dismiss NXT, GameOn, Relzar, SwitchBlade, and SurePower. Regardless of product, controlling these perennial weeds will likely require sequential applications in addition to improving the growing environment to favor turfgrass growth in lieu of weeds.

Lesson #5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Programmatic Thinking Works For the past several years our team has encouraged turfgrass managers to implement weed control programs at their facilities, similar to what is done when managing turfgrass diseases. What is a weed control program? It is simply a well thought out strategy to maintain turfgrass as weed-free as possible from January through December. Weed control programs can incorporate different herbicide applications along with timely cultural practices to deliver an integrated approach to weed control. This proactive strategy is very different from the reactionary approach many take to controlling turfgrass weeds â&#x20AC;&#x201D; i.e, seeing an infestation and spraying the most readily available herbicide.

The 2018 season served as yet another reminder that weed control programs work very well and that there are many

Lesson #4

Turf Talk continued different ways to customize a program for a given facility. The proactive process of developing a weed control program offers key advantages including: • Weeds are exposed to different herbicidal modes of action, either in rotation or mixtures with one another; doing so will therefore reduce selection pressure for resistant biotypes.

• Programs allow turfgrass managers to always improve their effectiveness in controlling weeds. The best turfgrass managers in our industry take notes throughout the season about weed management strategies that were (or were not) effective

and can build programs based on this information. This process is very different than simply approaching the problem “the way it’s always been done” or making choices about weed management based on what herbicide is the most discounted in an early order program.

• Programs can be tailored to a specific location. For example, on golf courses different programs can be implemented on different holes to account for variations in growing environment. In lawn care, programs can be designed to be property specific — which makes a great deal of sense considering that no two lawns are the same. C

For more information on turfgrass weed control, visit the University of Tennessee’s turfgrass weed science website, tnturfgrassweeds.org. Additionally, practitioners are encouraged to visit mobileweedmanual.com, a tool developed by University of Tennessee Extension professionals to assist green industry professionals in selecting herbicides for use in turf and ornamentals.

Reprinted from Tennessee Turfgrass magazine with permission from the authors.

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Tennessee Green Industry Field Day University of Tennessee, Knoxville • June 25, 2019

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Upcoming Events

September 12–13, 2019 • Wilson County Expo Center

Thursday, September 12

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Trade Show 9:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.

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Nursery Tours: Wednesday, September 11 from 8:30 a.m. — 5:30 p.m.

TNLA/HRI Golf Tournament: Wednesday, September 11 at 12:00 noon All profits go to the Horticultural Research Institute This show is produced by the Tennessee Nursery & Landscape Association and the Middle Tennessee Nursery Association.

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