| FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 09, 2011 The Dirt - September 2011 Issue    No, I haven’t lost my marbles. Not all of them, anyway. And I certainly am not one to rush the holidays (though a ski weekend sounds good to me any time of year).When someone asked me what was up for September, I realized it was all about customers coming to town. Which means, of course, that the team and I are all about getting ready for those visits.   The second annual Dos Gringos Pack Trials are upon us. Fall is always a grand time of year for us and our products anyway, but the last two weeks of September give us an ideal opportunity to fluff the feathers a little and strut our stuff. Aaron, Todd, Marco and I will spend the last two weeks of this month at Gringo Farms, a separate trial farm we have created in North County San Diego, CA to test new varieties and hold off-site brainstorming sessions with team members and clients alike.     Last year we conducted a week of Sunflower pack trials and tests with a number of different customers. We had seeds from hybridizers in the United States, Japan and Israel, and we displayed 20 different beds of Sunflower varieties – everything from natural white to bi-color to lemon Teddy Bears to some of the commercial varieties.This year’s participants will get a look at the first-ever all-white and all-red Sunflowers plus a chance to see Pumpkin Tree and Purple Majesty plants pre-harvest, in their field plots. We’ll provide an update on the entire DG Sunflower product line, including new varieties in development, and talk some about the benefit of good, solid forecasting (Plan & Plant). And we’ll host some interactive discussions about the breeding/seed hybridizing process. Make sure you bring those burning questions you’ve been dying to ask!    Haven’t registered yet for the Pack Trials? No worries. Contact joan.saunders@dosgringos.net to sign up. On behalf of the whole team, we look forward to seeing you later this month!  Jason Levin President & Chief Gringo  -  | Newsletter Archive 2012 (4)May (1)April (1)February (1)January (1)2011 (12)December (1)November (1)October (1)September (1)August (1)July (1)June (1)May (1)April (1)March (1)February (1)January (1)2010 (9)December (1)November (1)October (1)September (1)August (1)July (1)June (1)May (1)April (1) |