Category: Horticulture

Can my plants catch the flu? Plant viruses and transmission to hosts

by Whitney Elmore
December 29, 2017

It's flu season! Hopefully, you have gotten the flu vaccine for you and your family this year. If not, there's still time. While you may or may not catch the flu this year, some folks wonder if it's possible for them to transmit viruses to plants ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Aphid, Flu, Low-toxicity Pesticide, Plant Disease, Thrip, Vaccine, Vector, Virus, Whitefly

Monoecious vs Dioecious: Self-Pollinating vs Cross-Pollinating Plants

by Whitney Elmore
December 29, 2017

When starting a vegetable garden or even orchard, you may wonder if you need two or more plants of a certain variety to cross-pollinate each other or if you can get away with just one. This will depend on if you have a monoecious or dioecious ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bees, Complete, Dioecious, Female Flower, Gardening, Incomplete, Male Flower, Monoecious, PolliNATION, Pollinators, Vegetables

Timing your Florida Vegetable Garden

by David Austin
December 27, 2017

Florida's bountiful vegetables Florida is known for a lot of unique things. Palm trees, beaches, warm breezes, orange trees, and cattle are signature Florida images. Vegetable fields do not come to most people's minds, partly because most ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Agriculture, Florida Vegetable Growing Guide, Gardens, Highlands County, Master Gardeners, Tomato, Tomatoes, Vegetable
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An overview of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

by De Broughton
December 20, 2017

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is the coordinated use of pest and environmental information with available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Carolyn Saft, Integrated Pest Management, Integrated Weed Management, Jane Griffin, Natural Resources

Gardener grows legacy of generosity with special donation

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 19, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gardeners seek out the University of Florida IFAS Extension Master Gardener program to expand their love of gardening with a commitment to serve their community. But when the time spent fundraising for the program crowded ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: IFAS, Legacy Fund, Master Gardener
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Economic Injury Disaster Loans to Small Business in Florida Affected by Hurricane Irma

by David Holmes
December 19, 2017

Small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations located in the declared counties of Florida that have suffered financial losses as the result of Hurricane Irma, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture
Tags: Agriculture, Aquaculture, Assistance, Destruction, Disaster, Florida, Hurricane, Loan Assistance, Loans, Losses, Reconstruction, Recovery, Relief, Small Business

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