Category: Horticulture
Bring Home Hydroponics for the Holidays!
November 3, 2020
Interested in growing your own? Need a gift for the green thumb? Give the gift that keeps on giving, or harvest your own homegrown hydroponic lettuce for your holiday meal! Join UF/IFAS Extension to learn about options for growing food in ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Agriculture, Cflandscapes, Grow Your Own, Holiday, Holiday Shopping, Homegrown, Hwooten, Hydro, Hydroponics, Kratky, Kratky Method, Lettuce, Noncirculating, Set It And Forget It, Urban Ag, Urban Agriculture, Water
Fertilizer is Regulated. Become a Certified Applicator. Take GI-BMP Class on 12/10/20.
November 3, 2020
That is right! Fertilizer is regulated in Florida and in Orange County. Every person that applies fertilizer for hire is required by law to have a Limited Certification for Urban Landscape Fertilizer application. Fertilizer is regulated because ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Best Management Practices, Cflandscapes, Fertilizer Ordinance, Florida, GI-BMP, GIBMP, Green Industries, Green Industries Best Management Practices, Hwooten, Law, Local Fertilizer Ordinance, Orange County, Required, Trained Applicator, Training, Urban Fertilizer
Peanut Butter Lovers!
November 3, 2020
Calling all peanut butter lovers! What is it about the savory snack that keeps us smacking for more? If you are working in landscapes all day, consider making a peanut butter sandwich for your daily lunch for less than $1 per sandwich! The ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, Money Matters, Turf, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Cflandscapes, Donate, Hwooten, Lunch, Pb&j, Peanut, Peanut Butter, Peanuts
Topic Tuesday: Two-Spotted Spider Mite
November 2, 2020
It finally feels like fall with cool temperatures moving into North Florida last week! Cool temperatures mean we can start planting crops that require cooler temperatures and shorter days to grow. Not many people know this, but strawberries ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & DiseaseTags: Horticulture, Strawberry, Suwannee County, Suwannee County Extension, Topic Tuesday, Two-spotted Spider Mite
Imposter Identities: “Murder Hornets” vs. Eastern Cicada Killers
October 30, 2020
2020: a year of a global pestilence, a record number of Atlantic basin tropical systems, global wildfires, suspicious Chinese seed packages, and toilet paper shortages. Enter, the “MURDER HORNET” – an invasive hymenoptera with a painfully ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Invasive Species, WildlifeTags: "murder Hornet", Hornet, Invasive Species Control, Wasp
Why do trees planted in sidewalks fail to establish?
October 30, 2020
How many times have you noticed that a tree just planted in the middle of a sidewalk is deteriorating? What is the average lifespan of a tree planted in a sidewalk? Does the tree have enough room to grow up and down? These questions are often ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Soil Volume, Trees, Urban Tree Canopy
Confusion on Timing of Winter Annual Lawn Weed Control
October 26, 2020
If you’ve had a history of winter annual weeds in your lawn, the best option is to apply a preemergence herbicide during October. But, winter annual lawn weeds don’t exist yet. They are in the form of seeds now. Understanding this ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, TurfTags: Annual Weeds, Cool-season Weeds, Herbicides, Lawn, Preemergence, Preventing, Weed Control, Weeds, Winter Weeds
November 4-H Club Meeting Schedule
October 22, 2020
If you are still considering 4-H for your family, we have a spot for you in one of our clubs! Wakulla 4-H accepts new enrollments throughout the year. The $20 annual fee is payable on enrollment throughout the year. If a waiver is needed, ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, UF/IFASTags: Archery, Chickens, Citizenship, Gardening, Healthy Living, Horses, Leadership, Service, Shotgun
UF/IFAS Vice President Dr. Scott Angle Visits MREC
October 21, 2020
The Mid-Florida Research and Education Center hosted UF/IFAS vice president Scott Angle last week, showcasing center research projects focused on lifestyle horticulture. Angle visited along with UF/IFAS Communications associate vice president ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Chris Vivian, Consumer Behavior, Extension, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Industrial Hemp, Jeanna Mastrodicasa, Kratom, Lifestyle Horticulture, MREC, Scott Angle