Category: Horticulture
July First Friday with Florida First Detector
July 11, 2023
Recap of July First Friday with Florida First Detector In July's First Friday with Florida First Detector, we talked about invasive caterpillars that feed on vegetable crops. Florida's agriculture industry is home to a wide variety of high ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Biosecurity, Early Detetction, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, SeminoleCountyAg
There’s a Mosquito Season in Florida?
July 11, 2023
From coast to sandhill, pasture to homestead, dozens of mosquito species breed around Florida homes and neighborhoods. Mosquitoes ease through life in one of four forms - egg, larvae, pupae, or adult. As bloodsucking adults, some are pests, ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Work & LifeTags: Bees, Control De Mosquitoes, Disease, EEEV, En Espanol, Florida, Gardening, Levy County, Malaria, Mosquito, Mosquito Bites, No-spray List, West Nile Disease
Virtual CEUs this Summer
July 6, 2023
The UF/IFAS and FTGA are hosting the CEU Round Up on July 19, 20, 26 and 27. The webinars will be 1:00 pm-4:00 pm EST or 12:00 pm-3:00 CST. Each webinar will receive CEUs from FDACS, FNGLA and GCSAA. July 19 Agenda Pesticide ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: CEU, CEUs, Hwooten
Success story: Native Plant Garden at Lettuce Lake Park Provides for Wildlife
July 5, 2023
We did it! Thank you to the Florida Master Gardener Program Volunteers, Suncoast Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society and Hillsborough County Park staff who came out on June 28th to plant 60 native plants of 20 different species. Our ... READ MORE
Category: , Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeTags: Butterfly, Central Florida, Conservation, Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Hillsborough County, Landscaping, Master Gardener, Native Plant, Tampa Bay, Tsilvasy, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildflowers
UF/IFAS Professor selected for American Society for Horticultural Science Leadership Academy
July 1, 2023
FORT PIERCE, Fla.---Lorenzo Rossi’s role with the American Society for Horticultural Science will begin to increase. Recently selected for the organization’s Leadership Academy, Rossi will commence training to support and lead agricultural ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS TeachingTags: #UF_Hort
Tall Elephantsfoot – Wild Weeds
July 1, 2023
Wild Weeds – Weed of the Month Tall Elephantsfoot Elephantopus elatus Look for tall elephantsfoot in Florida flatwoods, sandhills, upland mixed woodlands, ruderal areas, and wet prairies. The small flowers can be purple, pinkish, or ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Natural Resources, NFLAG, Wild Weeds
Steps to Remedy Non-Productive Pecan Orchards
June 30, 2023
Pecans have long been an important and high-value agricultural crop, and that hasn’t changed as we progress through the 21st century. Pecans are native to the USA and Mexico, with their natural habitat being riverbanks and floodplains west ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, HorticultureTags: Disease, IPM, Nut Production, Pecan, Soils
Dr. Brian Pearson Promoted to Associate Professor
June 30, 2023
The UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center is proud to congratulate Brian Pearson on his tenure and promotion to full professor in the Department of Environmental Horticulture. “My ability to be successful at MREC is due to the ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture,Tags: Associate Professor, Brian Pearson, Medicinal Plants, Pearson, Promotion