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Vanessa Vassilaros
My name is Vanessa Vassilaros and I am the UF/IFAS Extension Agent working for ornamental plant nurseries in Miami Dade County. I will do my best to assist your nursery issues by providing University of Florida research-based answers to your questions. Please visit our website or office for more services. Our information is free and research based. If you have a question, feel free to Ask UF/IFAS EXTENSION. Address: 18710 SW 288 Street Homestead, FL 33030 Phone: 305-248-3311 Website: https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/miami-dade/agriculture/ornamental-production/
Posts by Vanessa Vassilaros:
- Protect your ornamental plants from cold damage
- New Crop for Florida thanks to UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Research Project
- South Florida Drought: Mobile Irrigation Labs to the Rescue
- Megacities and urban forests
- Megacities and urban forests
- Megacities and urban forests
- Megacities and urban forests
- Megacities and urban forests
- Megacities and urban forests
- Megacities and urban forests
- Megacities and urban forests
- Do I need a permit to import plants to US?
- Do I need a permit to import plants to US?
- Do I need a permit to import plants to US?
- Do I need a permit to import plants to US?
- Do I need a permit to import plants to US?
- Do I need a permit to import plants to US?
- Do I need a permit to import plants to US?
- Zika: OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers
- Zika: OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers
- Zika: OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers
- Zika: OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers
- Zika: OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers
- Zika: OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers
- Zika: OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers
- Zika: OSHA guidelines for outdoor workers
- 2015 Florida Dept of Ag magazine
- Mosca oriental fruta: Viveros
- Mosca oriental de la fruta en agricultura
- New Online Course: Advanced Nutrient Management for Container-Grown Crops
- Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine expanded in Miami-Dade as 09/28/15
- Fall Temperatures in South Florida by NWS
- SUSTA opportunity to promote your plant industry in Germany plant trade show
- Do you remember the Giant African Land Snail in Miami?
- Agriculture Industry Town Hall in Homestead
- 3rd week September: National Farm Safety & Health Week
- 2016 Internship at Syngenta opportunity
- Two new Oriental fruit fly meetings in September
- State of Agricultural Emergency for Oriental Fruit Fly Infestation
- Oriental fruit fly (OFF) workshop at UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County
- Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) in Miami-Dade County!
- Bacterial disease on Ficus elastica fact sheet
- The Plant Producer Newsletter Winter Issue: Nursery related articles
- South Florida Drought: Mobile Irrigation Labs to the Rescue
- South Florida Drought: Mobile Irrigation Labs to the Rescue
- 2015-16 Cleansweep: To dispose canceled, suspended, unusable pesticides
- South Florida Drought: Mobile Irrigation Labs to the Rescue
- South Florida Drought: Mobile Irrigation Labs to the Rescue
- South Florida Drought: Mobile Irrigation Labs to the Rescue
- Agritourism Day at Miami-Dade County!
- APHIS Seeks Suggestions for Fiscal Year 2016 Projects to be Funded by Section 10007 of the 2014 Farm Bill
- Downy mildew confirmed on South FL purple velvet plants
- New UF/IFAS Online Course: Nutrient Management for Container Crops
- Giant African Snail Found in New Area in Miami-Dade County in Florida
- First detector Training: July 16th
- New virus affecting orchids in South Florida: Fact sheet
- Growers can take a UF/IFAS online course NOW!
- #UFBugs - UF/IFAS study: Tiny wasp controls nuisance whitefly in Miami-Dade
- US gives farmers approval to spray crops from drones
- Miami-Dade County Commercial Horticulture Industry
- Do you want to learn if you are wasting herbicides during your application for FREE?
- Webinar (01/28/15): Farmers Making a Smart Choice for Health Insurance
- Free Organic farm practices Workshop in Homestead: 01/05/15
- Women's Work on the Farm sometimes never Counted
- APHIS Establishes Two Additional Regulated Area in Florida for Giant African Snail
- Do you import orchids from Taiwan? YES?.. Keep reading
- Commercial Growers: Poinsettia Field Day!
- FREE unwanted pesticide collection:OPERATION CLEANSWEEP 2014
- US. Secretary of Agriculture Visit to UF/IFAS Extension office in Miami-Dade County on 10/02/14
- Opportunity Summit for Agricultural Leaders in South Florida on 08/06/14
- U.S.-Canada Greenhouse Certification Program (GCP) proposed changes meeting
- Job in nursery/Trabajo en vivero (July 2014)
- Worker protection standard (WPS) in Spanish: July22
- The Great CEU Round-Up (Herbicides): July 9
- Florida State Horticultural Society from June 1-3 at Clearwater Beach!
- Webinar: Pathogen Risk Mitigation through System Design and Irrigation Tools
- Overview of the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Proposed Changes
- WPS Update changes meeting: April 3rd via polycom (Miami-Dade)
- Miami-Dade County weather forecast: 03/06/14
- Check out the 1st Statewide Horticulture Newsletter
- Spring 2014 Ornamental Plant Disease Update & Management Workshop
- Webinar Feb 4: Insights from an Organic Certifier
- South FL Weather forecast Update for Ag : 01/16/14
- Note on the news about Agriculture in Miami-Dade
- Cold Weather for Ag 01/15/14
- Weather Update for Ag 01/14/14
- Job opportunity: Agriculture in Miami-Dade
- Forecast for Cold weather Miami 010614
- Webinar: Plant Pathogens and Irrigation
- Happy Holidays from your UF/IFAS Extension family
- Irrigation Pathogens Webinar: December 3rd at 12:00
- Job/Trabajo opportunity in Homestead/Miami
- Landscape Maintenance Technician Job
- Disease mgnt and irrigation of Mid-Atlantic ornamental nurseries Webinar: Nov 6th
- Do you want to learn about imported fire ants and control?
- FL Agriculture Financial Management Conference is here!
- Water webinar series delivered to you!
- Do you know an amazing woman in agriculture??
- 2013 Hurricane peak season in South FL
- New Job available: Landscape Maintenance in Miami
- UF/IFAS Farm Labor Supervisor Training Program--Homestead
- Strong Tree Roots in the Nursery and Landscape
- Extension Team Develops “App” to Identify Weeds in Container Nurseries
- South FL Plant Disease Update-2013
- Consumptive Use Permitting (CUP) Consistency Workshop
- Busy BEES in South FL Bee college!
- Small-scale Micro-irrigation Design FREE Webinar: August 28th-2pm
- Giant African Land Snail by the Numbers
- UF Small Farms Conference is around the corner!
- 1st annual South Florida-UF Bee workshop!
- 2012/2013 IR-4 Ornamental Horticulture Program Survey
- Job post at USDA: Miami Plant Pathologist
- Job opportunity in South Florida Golf Course Club
- National Weather Service forecast for Miami area 5-7 June, 2013
- Manejo Integrado de plagas en español
- Fort Lauderdale Presents: Save a Tree, Plant a Tree!!!
- FREE Regional Irrigation Workshop in Tampa!
- FREE Pest Training Detection for Public Garden Staff and Volunteers!
- Do you want to attend for FREE the 5th Annual Small Farms Conference?
- What do Floridians think about water issues?
- Water availability in Miami and 224 urban areas in the US
- Happy Holidays!
- New Job opportunity in Miami-Dade County
- Do you know The University of Florida is celebrating 150 years of Land Grant System?
- Rat Lungworm Confirmed in Giant African Land Snail Sample in Miami-Dade County
- Leaf spots on your Ficus plants?
- 1st Redland GrowFest-organic farming- (October 13-14)
- New Pest alert: Lizards in South Florida
- Giant African Land Snails (GALS) One year later!
- How farmers perceive soil testing survey!
- SARE Producer Grants available!
- UF is in South Florida!
- Job in Horticulture with the University of Florida Extension
- Whitefly sampling and new UF website!
- Free Strategic Business Management for growers in Homestead
- Opportunity to advertise your plant nursery!!!
- It's A Bird... It's A Plane... It's A Whitefly!!!
- Are you a Florida small farmer looking for others like you? Check this conference!
- Statewide 2012-2013-Grower-Extension-Survey !
- Opportunity to sell your agricultural land…potential buyer waiting!!!