Recently, MREC’s Liz Felter attended the 2019 Extension Leadership Conference in San Antonio. Felter presented at the conference with colleagues Hannah Wooten, sustainable agriculture & food systems Extension agent in Seminole County, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Celebrate National Pollinator Week- June 17-23, 2019 and plant a paradise for pollinators in your yard! Florida crops like watermelon, cucumber, blueberry, and strawberry depend on pollinating insects for abundant, high quality fruit. Many ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Wildlife
Florida peaches are blossoming throughout most of Florida's peninsula. Henceforth a special note from Dr. Ali Sarkhosh, Assistant Professor of Tree Fruit & Viticulture. Dr. Ali indicates most peach orchards around Florida are in ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
MREC researchers Brian Pearson and Alfred Huo talked with local radio station WBZW 1520 AM in Apopka about their new specialty crop grant. Pearson and Huo explained in the interview how the two-year grant for $194,000 will support their efforts ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Research
Flatwoods Plum from the UF/IFAS Demo Garden Sumter County-photo by L. Sanderson If you have visited the UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County office in Bushnell, you have perhaps meandered through the demonstration garden just outside our front ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
The Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Association hosted its annual Tropical Plant International Expo (TPIE) from January 16-18 in Ft. Lauderdale. Each year, the UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) is just as excited ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS Research
This series of Key Plant, Key Pests publications are designed for Florida gardeners, horticulturalists, and landscape professionals to help identify common pests associated with common Florida flora. This publication, the seventh in the Key ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension,
Question: I have a gardenia bush that is steadily going downhill. It has only a few leaves, lots of strange growth on the branches, and most of the leaves have a green center and yellow edges. I’ve included three photos for you to look at. ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, HorticultureQuestion: Can you shed some light on why our laurel oaks drop their leaves at different times? We have three in a row and we have noticed they do not shed leaves at the same time. - from J.C. eMail Answer: Your laurel oaks are probably from ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture
The University of Florida/IFAS Cooperative Extension Service ("UF/IFAS Extension") oversees the State of Florida'a Master Gardener program. The Master Gardener program trains and maintains horticulture volunteers for UF/IFAS Extension throughout ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension