Category: Fruits & Vegetables

Holy Guacamole, It’s Almost Avocado Season!

by Paul Roberts
May 21, 2021

Avocado trees are a popular choice in south Florida landscapes, and even farther north. When I first moved to Gainesville, my roommate had two trees, though the potted one disappeared one night, thus proving their popularity. Avocados are a ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Amy Simonne, Avocado, Avocados, Carlos Balerdi, Department Of Family Youth And Community Sciences, Guacamole, Ian Maguire, Jonathan H. Crane, Landscape Trees, Linda Bobroff, South Florida

Plan a garden that saves you money

by Susan Gildersleeve
March 28, 2021

If you're like me, each year you spend all of the month of February (or January if you're farther south) dreaming of the tomatoes and peppers you'd like to be growing and wishing you didn't have to wait for the middle of March (or until February) ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Catherine G. Campbell, Christa Court, Department Of Family Youth And Community Sciences, Food And Resource Economics Department, Hannah Wooten, Jessica M. Ryals, Juanita Popenoe, Kevin Athearn, Liz Felter, Lorna Bravo, LuAnn Duncan, Matthew C. Lollar, Vegetable Gardening, Wendy Wilber

Want more squash? Take care of your bees!

by Susan Gildersleeve
March 4, 2021

In 2019, the estimated value of farmed squash and pumpkin in Florida was over $35 million. So problems with squash yields can get very expensive in this state. If your squash and pumpkin plants fail to yield the harvest you expected, the issue ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Natural Resources
Tags: Entomology And Nematology Department, Oscar E. Liburd, Rachel E. Mallinger

Spondias Growing in the Florida Home Landscape

by Diana Hagan (she/her)
August 4, 2015

Spondias species (whose common names among English speakers include ambarella, Ataheite apple, mombins, and hog plums) are flowering trees native to tropical and subtropical regions. They are known for their sweet fruit and grow well in the ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Horticultural Sciences Department, Jeff Wasielewski, Jonathan H. Crane, Master Gardener Handbook, Spondias, Tropical REC

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