BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:The Valley Forge Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society
  invites you to join them for a series of informative lectures at Jenkin
 s Arboretum &amp\; Gardens. All lectures are free of charge. No pre-regi
 stration required. The second lecture of the winter/spring season will b
 e held on Thursday\, March 21 at 7:30 pm.\nThe lecture\, A Novel Techniq
 ue of Grafting Rhododendrons\, will be presented by Karel Bernady. Karel
  will share his personal experiences with the new grafting approach. Kar
 el co-chairs the Greater Philadelphia Chapter's Plants and Propagation C
 ommittee with responsibility for the Chapter's Plants for Members Progra
 m. He serves as Chairman of the Trustees of the Research Foundation and 
 co-chairs the Research Committee of the ARS. The Greater Philadelphia Ch
 apter began its Plants for Members Program in 1986. When Karel was appoi
 nted to manage the program in 2003\, he was determined to document the p
 ropagation performance of the various cultivars attempted. Experience ov
 er the last eight years with poor rootability of some plants and death o
 f successfully rooted varieties during summer's heat caused Karel to con
 sider grafting as a possible solution to these difficulties. In May 2010
 \, Karel attended the International Rhododendron Symposium in Bremen\, G
 ermany. At the Fredo Schoder Nursery\, Timo schroeder demonstrated in de
 tail the grafting method used for elepidote rhododendrons\, i.e.\, the s
 imultaneous grafting and rooting of a scion/unrooted understock unit. Th
 e nursery propagates 1.5 million elepidote rhododendrons per year by the
  technique. Armed with information Timo provided\, Karel tried the metho
 d in November 2010 on thirty-one elepidote cultivars. The results were v
 ery gratifying and he has further refined his technique. He will share t
 he information learned and encourage us to try the technique to propagat
 e troublesome elepidote rhododendrons.
URL:http://te.patch.com/events/a-novel-technique-of-grafting-rhododendron
 s
SUMMARY:A NOVEL TECHNIQUE OF GRAFTING RHODODENDRONS
LOCATION:Jenkins Arboretum: 631 Berwyn Baptist Rd\, Devon\, PA
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR