Have you ever seen a palm with a trunk that tapers to a point like a pencil? This may indicate one of the following problems: 1) a Potassium (K) deficiency, 2) overpruning or 3) Nitrogen (N) deficiency. http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/palm_prod/palm_problems_tapering_trunk_near_top.shtml… Read More
What happening to this Hibiscus? According to the University of Florida, an ample supply of micronutrients is essential for proper growth of hibiscus. Iron and manganese are often limiting on alkaline soils. Manganese sulfate at a rate of… Read More
Tropical Storm Fay has just passed through the Florida Keys. It was mostly a rain event but in some areas there were lightning strikes, 50 mph winds and standing water. With that happening trees had the potential of… Read More
The links in this article from 2008 were updated in June, 2011, and March, 2013. Garden snails, Zachrysia provisoria, can cause devastating plant damage. At night time they are often found on the foliage feeding. They can chew… Read More
The palm leafskeletonizer, Homaledra sabalella is a Florida native. The skeletonizer life cycle is egg, caterpillar, pupa, and adult moth. the caterpillar stage is the most plant damaging life stage. It feeds as an individual or in groups… Read More
The following information is from a University of Florida Extension publication. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW013 Land crabs are by nature shy and pose no threat to humans unless caught and handled. Then they are capable of inflicting a memorable pinch. One… Read More
The heat and humidity are making the August summer days into a sauna. And all around the islands are the sounds of summer – cicadas. The male cicadas are the noise makers producing their finest song to annoy… Read More
It could be a fungus called “sooty mold” that feeds on honeydew (a sticky sap sucking insect liquid poop) that covers the leaf surface. Learn to identify sap sucking insects (aphids, whiteflies, treehoopers, mealybugs and soft scale). They… Read More
Have ever wonder what is eating my leaves by cutting circular holes along the leaf edges of the rose bush leaves, the citrus leaves and countless other leaves. It could be a Leafcutting Bee and you are helping… Read More
Southern Chinch bugs, Blissus insularis is an tiny insect pest of St. Augustinegrass, Stenotaphrum secundatum. This blog is excerpts from the University of Florida Featured Creatures publication written by Stacy Woods http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/turf/southern_chinch_bug.htm. In most instances, a population of… Read More
