Mosquito season is the least favorite season in Florida. Don’t let mosquitos ruin your summer fun. Interestingly, as soon as our temperatures are consistently above 50 degrees, dormant mosquito eggs start to hatch. For some areas in ... READ MORE
Category: , Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
As readers of this blog and our work may know, codominant branches are unreliable predictors of tree failure during storms. At the same time, numerous studies have found that codominant branch unions are weaker than those with more favorable ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionAndrew worked as a cook in high school and college, and the old-timers in the kitchens where he toiled swore that the weirdest customers always came out during a full moon. Similarly, you may have heard friends or family in health care or law ... READ MORE
Category: , Forests, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionAt our last Tree Research Journal Club meeting, we discussed the only paper we could find with data on pruner design and tree wound response, comparing its findings to conventional gardening wisdom. Today, we're examining another widely accepted ... READ MORE
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In the daily work of Extension, we often make recommendations to our community based on the best available research, but in lieu of a wealth of research on what can we rely? Often, our recommendations follow common practice or industry standards ... READ MORE
Category:In our last post, we questioned whether the widely repeated adage that anvil pruners cause more damage to plants than bypass pruners holds any merit. As we noted, data on this topic are scarce. However, one study surfaced in our Google Scholar ... READ MORE
Category: , HorticultureIf you frequent gardening blogs or browse the gardening section of your local bookstore, you’ve likely come across experts criticizing anvil pruners. One common complaint is that their design makes it difficult to cut close to the branch ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture
As you may be aware, the decline of citrus production in Florida negatively affects rural communities in our area the hardest. Our culture as a community lies on the continued cultivation of citrus. By this time, we would wake up to the sweet ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Crops
Local UF/IFAS County Extension Offices have been providing a site for potential pesticide applicators to sit for pesticide exams for many years. However, your local testing at your favorite UF/IFAS Extension Office will be discontinued soon. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Events, Farm Management
The UF/IFAS Blueberry Breeding Program is releasing a new pesticide module on February 6, as part of its UF/IFAS Blueberry Growers Guide app. This new module is a quick reference guide for certain information on pesticides labeled for highbush ... READ MORE
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