Category: Pests & Disease
Weed Identification and Control Strategies for Professionals
September 10, 2018
October 2, 2018 9 am - noon $15 This hands-on workshop will cover identification, herbicide technology, weed classification, and how to create the most effective, yet conservation and budget-minded herbicide program for both ornamental ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Herbicide, Pesticide, Weeds
Advanced Irrigation for Professionals: Designing Based on System Components
September 10, 2018
September 18, 2018, 9 am - 3 pm, $35 Seating is LIMITED to 30! Lunch included, CEUs have been applied for This advanced course is designed for individuals who have completed the irrigation basics workshop or have a basic working knowledge ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Conservation, Irrigation, Landscape, Lawn, Turf, Water
Plant Diagnostic Director from Tropical Research and Education Center invited to speak at Kew Garden at First State of the World’s Fungi Symposium
August 27, 2018
MIAMI, Fla. – Romina Gazis, a newly hired Plant Pathologist at The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the Tropical Research and Education Center located in Miami-Dade County, has been invited to speak at the ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Romina Gazis, TREC, UF-IFAS
University of West Indies PhD award-winning student, UF visiting scholar
August 27, 2018
While she was a graduate student at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, Sasha-Kay Clarke and her adviser, Dr. Sherline Brown, were hopeful they would find a research scientist who would accept Clarke as a visiting doctoral student. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Caterpillar Invasion
August 27, 2018
The yellownecked caterpillar (Datana ministra) recently invaded the newly planted river birch trees in the Exploration Gardens. Related to the azalea and walnut caterpillars, the yellownecked caterpillar has a wide range of host plants, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & DiseaseTags: Cflandscapes, Yellownecked Caterpillar
Ouch! Watch Out for the Venomous Puss Caterpillar
August 27, 2018
I recently came in contact with a puss caterpillar and the area ached for about 12 hours. It was the second time in my life that this has happened. Many years ago, I was moving some oak branches and I was “stung” under my arm. This time, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & DiseaseTags: Cflandscapes, Puss Caterpillars, Southern Flannel Moth Larva, Venomous Caterpillar
Larger canna leafrollers and other tales of terror
August 24, 2018
Out in the garden there are sometimes sinister pests gobbling up large portions of precious ornamental canna leaves. What’s worse is that you cannot find the culprit at a glance. What could possibly eat so much leaf matter in such a short ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseTags: Canna, Canna Leafrollers, Fecal Firing, Hand-pick, Pest
The rain has Lovebugs missing this year
August 23, 2018
By Les Harrison Lovebugs Not Leaving Its Mark The pace of life and the unending supply of distractions in 2018 keep most resident’s thoughts occupied with too many diversions. The student’s recent return to school, the elections, the ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS TeachingTags: Agriculture, Bugs, Educational, Environment, Extension, Florida, Garden, General Information, Growing, Horticulture, Insects, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Plants, Trees, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension