UMaine Extension workshop to focus on extending growing season with greenhouses

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono.

Emergency services responded promptly to the scene and the student has been transported to a local hospital. The student’s family has been informed.

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An investigation is underway and more details will be released when they become available. Our thoughts are with the student and their family.

Long Road has been cleared and is now accessible. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lieutenant Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

April 18, 2019 Cooperative Extension, Outreach

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a program on home and small-scale greenhouses 9:30 a.m.–noon April 22 at the UMaine Extension Penobscot County office in Bangor.

Greenhouses extend Maine’s growing season. The workshop includes technical specifications of a greenhouse and key control factors, including temperature, levels of light and shade, irrigation, fertilizer application, and atmospheric humidity, as well as planting schedules and crop selection.

Matthew Wallhead, UMaine Extension ornamental horticulture specialist and UMaine School of Food and Agriculture assistant professor of horticulture, will lead the workshop.

The $10 per person fee includes materials. Register online. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Wendy Robertson, 942.7396, 800.287.1485 (in Maine). More information also is online.