Dates: Tuesdays, January 14- February 4, 2014 Time: 7:00PM-8:30PM Cost: $30 per person or $45/couple Never let the cost of an Extension program keep you from participating. If you are interested ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The cabbage aphid belongs to the genus Brevicoryne from Latin “brevi” and “coryne” and which loosely translates ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Citrus snow scale available at: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/scales/citrus_snow_scale.htm Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The citrus snow ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber, is a major agricultural pest of North America. Another ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionGuest Article for the Tallahassee Democrat Photo by Trevor Hylton. Photo 1 A bit of art added to a garden design. July 26, 2013, Release for Tallahassee Democrat By Glenn Mayne 2013 has been a very ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesCollier County is announcing a CEU class (July 13th) and Tropical Fruit Workshop and Tree Sale (July 20th). Thanks for Dr. Doug Caldwell, Collier County Cooperative Extension for submitting this information to UF-IFAS Pest Alert. Further ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionDid you know that the IFAS Application Development Team has a mobile website? Go to http://m.ifas.ufl.edu You need to be on a mobile device (e.g., your smart phone or tablet) to open the site. The site include a link to a unit an employee ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & DiseaseThe granulate cutworm, Feltia subterranea (Fabricius) is the most commonly occurring cutworm in Florida, though it is rarely numerous enough to be a major pest. It is nocturnal through most of its life, and lacks distinctive ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseJune is prime time for growing tomatoes here in Escambia County, but it’s also the best time to see a lot of pests in tomatoes that can totally ruin a crop. To help you figure out what’s “bugging” your tomatoes, here’s a quick rundown ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease