Newsletters
Fall 2022
Director’s Report: Membership, FY23 Advisory Meeting, 2022 Contact Meeting, Pesticide News
Research Updates: Fungicides for Fusiform Rust Control, Third Time's the Charm? - Nematode Control, The Second Time Around - Herbicide Trial in Containers, Vexis® Vexes Nutsedge!, 2022 Nutsedge Control Trials
Newsworthy: You are not alone!, IFCO Pine Hill Open House, Retirement at a Member Nursery, Nursery Management Short Course, Pesty Pastime
Know Weeds: Dallisgrass
A Closer Look: Fungus Gnats
20 Years Ago
A Brief History
Spring 2022
Director's Report: Membership, Pesticide News and QPS, 2022 Contact Meeting, FY23 Advisory Meeting, Crop Profile Workshop, Nursery Production Survey, Personnel Changes
Research Updates: Dought Conditioning Practices, 2021 Modified Sowing - RESULTS, Chlorophyll Fluorescence, PROTECT DF Moving to Field, 2021 Nematicide Trial - RESULTS, 2021 Nutsedge Control - RESULTS, 2021 Postemergents in Containers - RESULTS
Newsworthy: There's a new planter in town!, Crop Profile, Seedling Inventory/Counting, Thank You - from Caitlyn Stokes, Nursery Management Minor, Nursery Cooperative Certification, Member Retirements, Cooperation2, Cleaning Out the Freezer
Know Weeds: Purple and Yellow Nutsedge
20 Years Ago
Fall 2021
Director's Report: Membership, FY22 Advisory Meeting, 2021 Contact Meeting, Pesticide News & QPS, Voices/Letters Make a Difference
Research Updates: Postemergent Herbicide Trials, Order of Operations, Robotic Seed Counting, Plant Moisture Pressure Chamber, New Chemistries for Rust Control, Flumioxazin in Hardwoods Trial, Research Report Rundown
A Closer Look: White Grubs
Newsworthy: Supply Problems, Fumigation Survey Request, Nurseries in the News, Member Nursery Retirements, Introducing Dr. Newell
Know Weeds: Globe Sedge
20 Years Ago
Seedling Quality Analysis
Spring 2021
Director's Report: Membership, Pesticide News & QPS, 2021 Contact Meeting, FY22 Advisory Meeting, Personnel Changes, Nursery Production Survey
Research Updates: Flumioxazin in Hardwoods Trial, 2020 Nematicide Trial, Postemergent Herbicide Trials, Rapid Detection of Freeze Damage, Robotic Seedling Counting, Genetics & Cold Hardiness, Fumigation Trial
A Closer Look: Nematodes
Newsworthy: Profilometer, 2020 Fumigation Surveys, Soil Stabilizer Shortage, Pandemic Job Duties
Know Weeds: Yellow Woodsorrel
Fall 2020
Director's Report: Membership, FY21 Advisory Meeting, 2020 Contact Meeting, Pesticide News
Research Updates: Nematicide Trial, Plant Seedlings Early, Flumioxazin in Hardwoods Trial, Bareroot Post-emergent Herbicide Trial
A Closer Look: Planting Southern Pine Seedlings
Seedling Quality
Know Weeds: Alligatorweed
Spring 2020
Director's Report: Membership, Pesticide News & QPS, 2020 Contact Meeting, Personnel Changes, Nursery Production Survey, Tom Stokes
Research Updates: Flumioxazin in Hardwood Trial, Nematicide Trial
From the Weeds: 2019 Postemergent Herbicide Screening Trial in Bareroot Nurseries, 2019 Ronstar®Flo Pre-emergent Trial in Containers
Technology News: New iFertigate App in Development, Next-generation Smart Agriculture: Counting Bareroot Seedlings
Know Weeds: Common Chickweed
Fall 2019
Director's Report: Membership, FY 2020 Advisory Meeting, FY 2019 Contact Meeting, Short Course, Pesticide News
From the Weeds: 2019 Bareroot Postemergent, 2019 Container RonStar FLO, 2019 Container TapOut
A Closer Look: Tip blight or Tip Dieback of Southern Pines
Research Trial Updates: Root Stimulator Study, Mycorrhizal Fungicide Resistance
Know Weeds: Stinkgrass
New Sprouts of Information: Seedling Quality Analysis
Spring 2019
Director's Report: Membership, Pesticide News & QPS, FY 2019 Contact Meeting, Nursery Production Survey, FY 2020 Advisory Meeting
Research Trial Updates: Soil Stabilizer Study, Copper Study, Plant Vigor Study
A Closer Look: Rhizoctonia Crown Rot and Needle Blight
Know Weeds: Round-fruited hedge-hyssop
New Sprouts of Information: Reflex, Agri-Lock, New Labelling
Fall 2018
Director's Report: Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting, Pesticide News
From the Weeds: 2018 Bareroot Post-Emergent Trials, 2018 Container RonStarFLO Study
Research Trial Updates: SOil Stabilizer Study, Plant Vigor Study
A Closer Look
Other News & Things: AI on the Market, A Teenager's Room, New Seedling at SFNMC
Know Weeds: Chamberbitter
Seedling Quality Analysis
Spring 2018
Director's Report: Dues Structure Change, Membership, Pesticide News & QPS, Retirements, FY 2018 Contact Meeting, FY 2019 Advisory Meeting, Nursery
Production Survey
Research Trial Updates: Herbicide Trials - Bareroot: Post-Emergent Screening, Pendulum® AquaCap™ H.R., Ronstar®Flo High Rate, Marengo® - Eastern Redcedar; Herbicide Trials - Container: Pendulum® AquaCap™, Ronstar®Flo; Fusiform Rust Control, Fipronil Alternatives
Know Weeds: Plamer Amaranth
Fall 2017
Director's Report: FY 2018 Advisory Meeting, FY 2017 Contact Meeting, Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS), Pesticide News
Research Updates: Herbicide Trials, Comparison of Shortleaf Pine, 1-MCP Ethylene Inhibitor
Member News: Status of Long/Shortleaf
Good to Know: Seedling Quality Analysis
Know Weeds: Pineland Nerveray
Spring 2017
Director's Report: FY2017 Contact Meeting, FY2018 Advisory Meeting, Nursery Production Survey, Pesticide News and QPS
Research Updates: Herbicide Trials, Highlights of Int’l Research
Good to Know: Chilling Hours, State of the World’s Forests
Barry’s Blog
Know Weeds: Green Kyllinga
Fall 2016
Director's Report: FY2017 Advisory Meeting, FY2016 Contact Meeting, Center for Advanced Forestry Systems, Pesticide News and QPS, Tom Starkey Retires, Future Pesticide Labels Might be Changing
Research Updates: Herbicide Trials, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Leadership 101
Know Weeds: Annual Sedge
Good to Know: Pitch Canker Screenings, Seedling Quality Analysis
20 Years Ago
Just for Fun: Pictures from FY16 Contact Meeting
Report Samples
Spring 2016
Director's Report: Pesticide News and QPS, 2016 Contact Meeting, Nursery Production Survey, FY2017 Advisory Meeting,Tom Starkey Retiring
Research Updates: Controlled Release Fertilizers,Herbicide Trials, Screening Method, Bark in Media Mix?
Leadership 101: Millenials
Nursery 101: Cytokinins
Safety First
Nursery Updates: Growing Again at IFCo
Never Goodbye
20 Years Ago
Barry's Blog
Know Weeds
Fall 2015
Director's Report: Membership, 2015 Nursery Short Course, 2016 Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting, CAFS, IUFRO, Pesticide News
Research News: Herbicide Trial Updates, Root Morphology, Rapid Test - Pitch Canker
Paper Review: Survival of Eucalyptus
Nursery Updates
Nursery 101: Plant Hormones
Safety First
Leadership 101: How to be a Good Follower
Seedling Quality Analysis
Other News: New Insecticide
20 Years Ago
Know Weeds
Spring 2015
Director's Report: 2015 Contact Meeting, 2016 Advisory Meeting, QPS, Nursery Production Survey, Pesticide News, Herbicide Trial Updates
Research News: Comparison of Loblolly... 6 Container Types, Can Seed Dye Affect Germination?, Rapid PCR Screening Test, Can Eucalyptus Be Planted Deep?, Year 1 Results: SQA
Leadership 101: HELP! I need a mentor...
Nursery 101: How to Detect Snake Oil, Myths, Frauds, & Carpetbaggers
Other News: News from Member Nurseries
20 Years Ago
Barry's Blog
Know Weeds
Fall 2014
Director's Report: Membership, 2014 Advisory Meeting, 2014 Contact Meeting, CAFS, Pesticide News, Herbicide Trial Updates
Research News: SumaGrow, Native Understory, Willow Seedlings, Rapid Screening, Water Retention Curve
Leadership 101: You've Made a Mistake...
Nursery 101: Pine Seedlings and Blue Jeans
Other News: Seedling Quality Analysis
20 Years Ago
A Helpful Website
Know Weeds
Seedling Evaluation Example
Spring 2014
Director's Report: Membership, 2014 Contact Meeting, 2014 Advisory Meeting, Personnel Notes, Nursery Production Survey,
Pesticide News, QPS, Herbicide Trial Updates
Research News: TE-3 or Trifecta, Black Willow, Eucalyptus, Zinc-Coated Container Trays
Leadership 101: Upset Customers
Nursery 101: Soil Organic Matter
Other News: Seedling Quality Evaluation, Just How Cold Was It?, Greg Pate - AL State Forester
20 Years Ago
Barry's Blog
Just for Fun!
Know Weeds
Fall 2013
Director's Report: Membership, 2014 Advisory Meeting, 2013 Contact Meeting, 2014 SFNA Meeting, Personnel Notes, Research Proposals
Pesticide News
Research News: Tip Blight, Seed Polymers, Zinc Coating of Container Seedling Trays, Seedlings Can Recover from a Freeze Event!, Can
Eucalyptus be Planted Deep?, A July to Remember, Review of Recent Paper - Nutsedge Control
Other News & Notes: Purdue App Helps ID Plant Problems, Pesticide Labels: Shall & Must vs. Should & May, Nursery News from
Around the Cooperative
Nursery 101: Adjuvants, Surfactants, Spreaders and Stickers
Just for Fun!
20 Years Ago
Spring 2013
Director's Report: Membership, Retirement Contacts, 2013 Contact Meeting, 2014 Advisory Meeting, Personnel Changes, Nursery Production Survey
Pesticide News: Risk Mitigation, CUE and QPS, USDA Areawide, MBr Alternatives 2009-2011, MBr Alternatives 2010-2011, Playing with
Pesticides, Damping-Off Fungicide Conference, New Herbicide to be Tested
Research News: Electrolyte Leakage, Annual Sedge Trial, Pendulum Aquacap Lob Trial, Pedulum Aquacap Hardwood Trial, Nutsedge Control - Matrix, Morning Glory Trial, Root Growth - Containers
Nursery 101: Real Nurserymen Don't Read Labels...
Leadership 101: Seven Negative Roles/Behaviors
David's Den: Confusing Terminology, Needles from Larger Longleaf Pine...
Other News and Notes: Save the Date!, USDA 45th CRP Sign-Up, IFCO - New Hires, IFG&S - New Company, Rayonier to Expand Elberta, Toomer's Oaks Coming Down
Fall 2012
Director's Report: Membership, Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting, Personnel Changes, Research Proposals
Pesticide News: The Future of Fumigation, A "New" MBr Alternative
20 Years Ago
Research News: AquaCap vs. 3.3 EC, Longleaf Pine Cone Crop Failure
Nursery 101: Beneficial Soil Microorganisms
Leadership 101: Improve Your Communication
Record Temperatures
Other News and Notes: Why to Consider an Internship, SFNMC Scientists Receive Award, Herbicide Tolerant Weeds, Nursery Retirees, Container Growers
Just for Fun!
Spring 2012
Director's Report: Retirement Contacts, Membership, Contact Meeting, Nursery Production Survey, Soil Fumigation Training Course, Advisory Meeting
Pesticide News: CUE & QPS, Risk Mitigation of Soil Fumigants, Proline Registered - FINALLY, MIDAS - US Sales Suspended, USDA Areawide, The Wait for Proline is Over!
Research News: Herbicide Trials on Eclipta, Herbicides Targeting Sedge, USDA Areawide, Container/Bareroot comparison, Soil Stabilizer Market
Leadership 101: Steve Jobs
Barry's Blog
Nursery 101: Pesticide Failure
Other News and Notes: 2012 Survey of Nursery Practices, Excel or Access Problems?, Glyphosate
Just for Fun!
20 Years Ago
Fall 2011
Director's Report: Membership; Advisory Meeting; Contact Meeting; A Note from Dr. James Shepard, SFWS Dean
Pesticide News: The Critical Use Exemption (CUE) Rejection; The QPS Process; Training Sessions - 2012 Soil REDs; Proline Registration Update
Research News: USDA Areawide Methyl Bromide Alternatives Trials at Camden, AL; Sporatec on Willow; Pesticide Use in the United States; Pendulum AquaCap: How it Works on Spurge; Roots - The Focus on This Lifting Season
Nursery 101: Fungicide Mobility
Leadership 101: 10 Things that Will Get You Fired
Member News: International Forest Company; Plum Creek; Weyerhaeuser
Other News & Notes: 2011 Seedling Disease Clinic; Be on the Lookout! - 2012 Survey of Nursery Practices; Reflections of the 2011 Growing Season; Clean Water STILL Matters; MEMO: H-2B Wage Rule Delayed 60 Days
Know Weeds: Sicklepod
20 Years Ago
Spring 2011
Director's Report: Membership, People Moving On, Retirement Contacts, Contact Meeting, Nursery Production Survey, Soil Fumigation Training Course, Advisory Meeting, Update on Hardwood Guide, In Memoriam
Pesticide News: CUE and QPS, Risk-Mitigation of Soil Fumigation, Proline Update, USDA Areawide MBr, 2011 Pesticide Registration
Research News: Fulvic & Humic Acid Studies, Herbicide Galls Revisited, 2009 Alternatives Trial, 2010 Alternatives Trial, Lifter Study, Winter Weather, Root Weight Ratio
Nursery 101: Phosphonates
Leadership 101: Motivation
David's Den: Colder Winters?
Know Weeds: Prostrate Spurge
Puzzle This (Answer)
20 Years Ago
Fall 2010
Director's Report: Membership, Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting, New Publication
Pesticide News: MBR Issues, QPS, Update of Proline
Research News: 2010 MBr Trials, 2010 Rust Study, Pythium & Cold Storage
Know Weeds: Eclipta
Other Reports: Plant Disease Clinic, Nutrient Survey, Longleaf Mortality
Puzzle This
Nursery 101: Nutrient Mobility in Seedlings
David's Den: German Top-Pruning, Heavy Rainfall
Leadership 101: The MacArthur Tenets
20 Years Ago
So Long and Thank You!: Retirements
Request for News
Spring 2010
Director's Report: People Moving On, Contact Meeting, Nursery Production Survey
Pesticide News: Risk-Mitigation, Buffer Zones, VIF or TIF?, 80:20 vs 98:2 MBr, Fumigation Mgmt. Plan, CUE and QPS, Proline Update, Inert Ingredients, USDA Areawide, New Fungicide
Research News: 2009 MBr Alternatives, 2010 MBr Alternatives, Rhizoctonia Blight, Nutrient Survey
David's Den: Herbicide Galls, Cold and Wet
Nursery 101: All Pesticide Formulations are Not Created Equal
Leadership 101: When Plans Don't Work, Keep Planning
Miscellaneous: Biomass Subsidies, "Toys" for Nursery Managers, 20 Years Ago...
Fall 2009
Director's Report: Membership, Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting, VIF MBr Alternatives
Pesticide News: VIF Watch Trials, QPS, 2009 Areawide Update
David's Den: Hard Freeze Details
Nursery 101: "Green" Fungicides?
Leadership 101: How to Solve Problems, Part II
Miscellaneous: 20 Years Ago..., Difference in a Year..., Pythium Soil Survey, Fusiform Rust on LLP, Tip Blight Revisited, Seedling Disease Clinic
Spring 2009
Director's Report: Contact Meeting, Nursery Production Survey, Advisory Meeting
Pesticide News: Risk Mitigation, USDA Areawide, Proline Study Update, Proline 24 (c) Label, 2009 Areawide Update
David's Den: Needle Clipping, MSMA Update, RGP
Nursery 101: Understanding the Plumbing in a Pine Seedling
Leadership 101: Am I a "Problem Pusher" or a"Problem Solver"?
Miscellaneous: Forestry - 29 Years Ago, Biologicals
Fall 2008
Director's Report: Membership, Advisory Meeting, Nursery Cooperative Short Course, Contact Meeting
Pesticide News: MBr Issues, QPS
Research: Bayleton Replacement, Pythium in Nursery Soils, 2008 Areawide, Nematodes - Year 2, Pitch Canker
David's Den: More Warm Temperatures and More Freeze Injury, Tolerance of Container-Grown Longleaf Pine to Freezing Temperatures, David's Big Mistake, EPA Will Increase Seedling Costs
Leadership Development: Give Your Best, No Matter What
Nursery Technology 101: How Well Do You Know Your Pesticide Formulations?
Other Features: 20 Years Ago, Gel Bags, An Introduction, Phone List
Newsletter Supplement: Pitch Canker- Proline Fungicide Studies
Spring 2008
Director's Report: Membership, Nursery Closing, Contact Meeting, Nursery Production Survey, Nursery Short Course, Advisory Meeting
Pesticide News: Risk-Mitigation of Soil Fumigants, Update on Bayleton Label, MBr Issues, QPS
Research: Texas - Year #2, Soil Moist and Zeba, Deacclimation Research, First Year Report - USDA Areawide MBr Alternatives Program, USDA Areawide MBr Alternative Program
Leadership Development
Nursery Technology 101: Clean Water Does Matter!
Other: So you think we have it bad?, 20 Years Ago, Nursery Spotlight
Fall 2007
Director's Report: Membership, Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting
Pesticide News: MBr Issues, Risk-Mitigation, QPS, Bayleton
Research: Bayleton Replacement-3 month Results, Preliminary Results of Response of Loblolly Pine Seedlings to Warm Temperatures Following Cold Weather Acclimation, Areawide Demonstration of Methyl Bromide Alternatives
Nursery Technology 101: Does Water Quality Affect Pesticide Efficiency?
Leadership Development: Whatever It Takes! - Keys to a "Can-Do" Attitude
Staff Updates: Changes, Introducing... Paul Jackson!, And... Marietjie Quicke!
Other: Warm Temperatures Followed by a Hard Freeze, Pesticide Labels: Read Them!, 20 Years Ago, Hot Dry Summer
Spring 2007
Director's Report: Membership, Contact Meeting, Advisory Meeting
Pesticide News: MBr Issues, QPS, Chloropicrin
Research: Long-term Storage of Bareroot Loblolly and Container Longleaf--Unexpected Results!, Preliminary Report-Testing the Effectiveness of Root Dips on the Survival of Loblolly Pine Following Desiccation-Study 1-Do these Root Dips Support the Growth of Fungi?, Indian Mound-Texas Fumigation Study - Year One Data
Leadership Development: Listening
Nursery Technology 101: Should I spray before or after a rain?
Other: 20 Years Ago, Tips for Sending Seedling Samples for Disease Identification, Loblolly Pine in Canada?, Nursery Spotlight: Garland Gray Forestry Center, Pesticide Labels-Shall & Must vs. Should & May
Fall 2006
Director's Report: Membership, Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting
Pesticide News: MBr Issues, QPS, EPA Rulings, Tree Seedling Quality and Weed Control with Basamid, MBr and Methyl Iodide-Glennville, GA-Year 2, Indian Mound, TX Fumigation Study-Early First Year Data, Bayleton Alternative Study, Controlling Nematodes Between Fumigation
Nursery Technology 101: Question-What makes fungicides different? How do they kill a fungus?
Leadership Development: Caution-Handle With Care! 5 Negative Personalities That Can Destroy a Team
Other: Why did they die?, "Please bring me the cuchillo...", Nursery Management & Production
Spring 2006
Director's Report: Membership, Filling Bill Carey's Position-Continued and Completed, Introducing Tom Starkey, Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting, Re-registration
Pesticide News: MBr Issues; EPA Rulings; Basamid, MBr and Iodomethane; Methyl Iodide
Production Technology: Initial Growth Modeling, Stem Sinuosity After Planting (Part 2), Root Bound Index (RBI), A Shorter Lifting Season, IPM, Freeze Injury, White Grubs
Other News: SFNA Tour Descriptions
Fall 2005
Director's Report: New Building Facilities, Membership, Short Course, Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting, Filling Bill Carey's Position, New Faces, Old Faces
Pesticide Issues: MSMA, 24 (c) Labels for Regeneration Weevils, Pesticide Re-registration, MBr Issues, GoalTender, Thiram Seed Treatment
Production Technology: Seedling Tip Blight, Genetic Effects on Outplanting Survival, Morphological and Nutritional Development of Three Hardwood Species
Other News: Cogongrass
Spring 2005
Director's Report: The Big Move, Membership, Nursery Production Survey, Contact Meeting
Pesticide Issues: Methyl Bromide, MBr-QPS, Congress Questions EPA on CUE Process, GoalTender, AP News Article - $200K Worth of Pesticides Stolen
Production Technology: Southern Forest-Tree Nursery Production, Seed treatment with Yield-Shield on germination and damping-off on longleaf pine, Effects of Synthetic Bed-Stabilizers on Bareroot Pine Seedling Production
Other News: Sudden Oak Death, Short Course, From "The Longleaf Alliance Newsletter", From "The Forestry Source"
Fall 2004
Director's Report: A New Voice on the Telephone, Advisory Meeting, Contact Meeting
Pesticide News: MBr Update, Thiram Re-registration Update, Keep This to Yourself, Intrastate QPS-A Chance We Should Not Neglect-Information on Section 419 of The Plant Protection Act
Production Technology: The 2004 Drought-Seedling survival affected by soil drainage and planting technique or "Problems or Perceptions?", No Need for a Terminal Bud, Stem Sinuosity After Planting, Longleaf Seed Efficiency Varies by Orchard for a Single Half-Sib Family
Other News: Check it Out!, Another Introduction