Category: Fruits & Vegetables
iPhone and Android Apps for Citrus Pests and Disease Identification
July 7, 2014
Are you interested in screening for common and exotic citrus diseases and pests? The National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) CDiseases and CPests hand-held applications for iPhone and Android (2013) are searchable fact sheets from the Citrus ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Android, Applications, Citrus, Diseases, IPhone, Pests
Yucca Can Take Tallahassee Heat
July 4, 2014
Tallahassee Democrat July 4, 2014 Yucca, photos by Steve Chandler By Steve Chandler When summer starts to push and most plants need a drink about every day, gardeners start to realize ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesTags: July-September 2014, Succulents, Y. Elephatipes, Y. Filamentosa
UF/IFAS Collier County Extension, Tropical Fruit Production Class, Saturday, July 19, 2014
June 30, 2014
Interested in Tropical Fruit Production? Consider registering for the Tropical Fruit Production class in Naples Florida, on Saturday, July 19, 2014! Link to the course through the screen image of the Eventbrite course registration. Register ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Tropical Fruit Production; Collier County
Blueberries are Easy to Grow
June 20, 2014
Tallahassee Democrat June 20, 2014 Photo by Janeen Langley: Rufous Hummingbird and Native Blueberry By Donna Legare We planted blueberry bushes in 1983 as a present to my father-in-law for ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesTags: April-June 2014, Azalea, Blueberrys, Bumble Bees, Camellia
New on Featured Creatures! The convergent lady beetle.
June 5, 2014
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville, is among the most common lady beetle species throughout ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Beetles, Beneficials, Featured Creatures, Pest Alert, UF-IFAS Pest Alert
Florida State Horticultural Society from June 1-3 at Clearwater Beach!
May 27, 2014 Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Annual Meeting, FSHS, Horticultural Society Meeting
Limes in the Keys
May 27, 2014
If a Keys gardener refers to a lime tree, it may be Key lime, a wild lime, or perhaps even a Spanish lime. All unrelated! Key limes, Citrus aurantifolia Swingle http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ch092 . Those wonderful round yellow fruits, were ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & VegetablesTags: Fruit Tree
Which bug is the biggest agricultural pest in Florida?
May 6, 2014
Right now it's probably the Asian citrus psyllid, a small flying insect that’s the vector of the presumptive cause of citrus greening disease, the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. The disease cost Florida citrus growers $4.5 billion ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: BugWeek, Citrus, FAQ, Insects, Pest
Florida Vegetable Garden FAQs
April 4, 2014
Theresa Badurek, Urban Horticulture Agent, UF/IFAS Extension The following is a collection of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers about vegetable gardens in Florida. This list is from UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions. Happy gardening! I’d ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & DiseaseTags: FAQ, Garden, Gardening, Questions, Vegetable, Vegetable Garden, Vegetable Gardening