How can you tell when citrus fruit is ripe?

I often get this question so I am repeating my answer to this question. It is difficult to give you a specific time to know when your fruit is ripe because it differs per species… Read More
Posted: January 8, 2018
I often get this question so I am repeating my answer to this question. It is difficult to give you a specific time to know when your fruit is ripe because it differs per species… Read More
Posted: November 7, 2017
Thank you for bringing in clippings of your persimmon tree to the Yulee satellite office. The white stuff is an insect called scale. Both soft and armored scale can be pests of persimmon and other… Read More
by kathywarner
Posted: November 2, 2017
Landscape Matters Wednesday, August 21, 10 a.m. Yulee County Building 86026 Pages Dairy Road. (Take US 17 North, pass over the railroad tracks, and turn left on Pages Dairy Road. The building is attached to… Read More
by kathywarner
Posted: November 2, 2017
Wednesday, January 23 at 10 AM UF/IFAS Master Gardeners Elaine Roblez and Harriet Klontz will teach a class on growing, maintaining, and pruning fruit trees in your landscape. The class will take place at the… Read More
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: fruit, fruit trees for ne florida, Landscape Matters, tree
by kathywarner
Posted: November 2, 2017
Wednesday, January 9 at 10 AM Nassau County Horticulture Extension Agent Rebecca Jordi will teach a Landscape Matters class on growing and maintaining citrus plants.The class will include a hands-on instruction on pruning the lemon… Read More
by kathywarner
Posted: October 31, 2017
DESCRIPTION Learn about trees, plants and gardening in Florida during a “Crash Course in North Florida Gardening” three-day seminar for newcomers to Florida. Time: 8:00 am – Noon Date: Saturday February 9 Saturday February 16… Read More
by kathywarner
Posted: July 19, 2017
Q: I just got my soil test results back from the University of Florida and I don’t exactly know what the numbers are suppose to tell me. The report says the target pH should be… Read More
by kathywarner
Posted: July 19, 2017
A: A vegetable garden soil pH should ideally between 6.0 and 6.5. Your pH is more than 10 times higher than the ideal. There are a few things you can do to help but lowering… Read More
by kathywarner
Posted: July 15, 2017
A: The long thin lines on your tomato leaf are probably caused by the vegetable leafminer, Liriomyza sativae Blanchard. The information I am giving you is adapted from a University of Florida/IFAS publication called, “Vegetable Leafminer.” This insect… Read More
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
by kathywarner
Posted: July 15, 2017
A: I have had a deluge of tomato problems but this one is very common. It is called blossom end rot. The first thing is to be sure the tomatoes are being irrigated on a… Read More
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