Welcome to CAFA 11/21/2008

Seminar: Lawn Care

Spring is around the corner. It is time to get your lawn back to green, even under strict watering restrictions.?CAFA, CAST-NC and three local Chinese schools, CCS, CSCH and RACL, are jointly hosting seminars on home lawn establishment and turf maintenance at the three Chinese schools:

 

  1. Topics:

1) Soil preparation for new and established lawn

2) Turf grass selection and seeding

3) Turf grass maintenance (irrigation, fertilization, pesticide application)

4) Pest control

5) Q/A

  1. Time and Locations:

1) 3/8/08, Saturday, 9:30 - 11:00 AM
Cary Chinese School, Room 3011
200 E. Johnson St
Cary, NC 27513

2) 3/8/08, Saturday, 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Chinese School at Chapel Hill, Room 201
606 N Estes Dr.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

3) 3/15/08, Saturday, 9:30 - 11:00 AM
Raleigh Academy of Chinese Language, Room 300
201 Dixie Trail
Raleigh, NC 27607

  1. Bio of Speaker Dr. XIA Yulu:

Chairman of CAFA Science and Technology Committee, Vice President of CAST-NC, Assistant Director at NSF Center of Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University. His recent work being IT related agricultural/biological research, Dr. Xia has spent a good part of his career in turf grass research and operations.?Both his Ph.D. and postdoctoral training were in turf grass research.?He is the author of a number of publications in the journal of Golf Course Management, a well-known journal for turf professionals.

 


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