Grow Native! Webinar
"Missouri Native Fern Propagation and Lessons Learned"
Join Dr. Nadia Navarrete-Tindall for a presentation and question-answer session about how to propagate and grow native ferns, and other lessons learned during her three-year project: Growing Native Ferns as Specialty Crops in Missouri.
Funded by the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and in collaboration with the Grow Native! Program and the Institute of Botanical Training (IBT), the project aimed to increase awareness about Missouri native fern diversity and their potential as specialty crops. As part of the project, a fern demonstration area was established at the Finca EcoFarm on Lincoln University campus in Jefferson City; a Fern ID Handbook was developed, and two ID fern workshops were offered by IBT. At the completion of the project, the first Ferntastic Fair was organized.
Join Nadia as she reviews simple protocols to propagate ferns by spores and division, encourages patience with the process, and reveals other lessons learned during the project to-date.
This free webinar, to be held via Zoom, will include a presentation and a live question-and-answer session. The webinar will be recorded, and a link to the recording will be sent to all registrants and posted to the MPF YouTube channel.
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