Category: Fruits & Vegetables

November 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
November 4, 2024

Recap of November 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector This month we talked all about fruit flies! We focused on true fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. Florida has quite the history with non-native fruit flies. We have a few that ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Biosecurity, Citrus, Early Detection, FFD24-25, FloridaFirstDetector, Fruit, Fruit Flies, Invasive Species, Sample Submission

Fall Vegetable Gardening – What to Plant When in Central Florida

by Tia Silvasy
November 2, 2024

The weather has finally cooled enough to start the fall vegetable garden. Here are our UF/IFAS recommendations of what to plant when. Getting Ready Starting in September, start preparing your vegetable garden by removing weeds and amending ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Beets, Cabbage, Carrots, Central Florida, Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruit And Vegetable, Green Beans, Tsilvasy, Vegetable Garden, Vegetable Gardening, Video, Videos, YouTube

Suncoast Grown and Gathered: October Persimmons

by Forest Hecker
October 31, 2024

At the Sarasota County UF/IFAS Extension Office, we've been cultivating a Food Forest to showcase the most productive, unique, and often underutilized fruits suited to our distinctive southwest Florida climate. Through this project, ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Eating Locally Grown, EatingLocallyGrown, FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Grown And Gathered, GrownAndGathered, Horticulture, Landscape, Landscaping, Pgm_HortRes, Suncoast Grown And Gathered, SuncoastGrownAndGathered

Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers: A New Episode of Your Central Florida Yard Podcast

by Anne Yasalonis
October 16, 2024

Let's grow vegetables & herbs in containers! Many people are interested in gardening in small spaces whether you live in an apartment, or just want to start small on your gardening adventure. In this episode we will chat about what vegetables ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes,
Tags: Anne Yasalonis, Ayasalonis, Central Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Jschelb, Polk County, Polk County FL, Polkgardening, Polkmg, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Polk County, Vegetable Gardening, Your Central Florida Yard Podcast

Flood Recovery for Edible Gardens

by Kaleena Davis
October 16, 2024

Our communities are resilient, and so is nature. With hurricane season in full swing and storms bringing wind and flooding across the state, let’s discuss necessary steps we must take to rebuild beautiful gardens safely following a flood. ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables
Tags: Edible, Featured Hot Topic, Flood, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Garden Recovery, Hurricane, Kaleena Davis, Saltwater Flooding, Soil Health

Conéctese y aprenda con el Programa de Maestros Jardineros en la jornada de puertas abiertas del servicio de Extensión de UF/IFAS en Broward este 9 de noviembre

by Luz Bahder
October 14, 2024

Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para el Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. El servicio de Extensión de UF/IFAS del condado de Broward tiene algo para cada persona. Ya sea que busque una actividad ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: 4-H, 9 De Noviembre Del 2024, Actividades, Agente De Extension, Condado De Broward, Demostraciones, Educación, Embajadores Del Agua, Español, Expertos, Extension, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gratis, Horticultura, Jardineria, Jardineros, Jornada De Puertas Abiertas, Lorna Bravo, Maestros Jardineros Voluntarios, Noelle Guay, Open House, Presentaciones, Programa De Maestros Jardineros Voluntarios, Programas Educativos, Servicio De Extensión De UF/IFAS Del Condado De Broward, Spanish, UF-IFAS, Voluntarios

October 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
October 7, 2024

Recap of October 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector In October's First Friday, we looked more into the agencies involved in invasive species work and talked a lot about sample submission. Identification of the pest prior to treatment ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Biosecurity, Early Detetction, FFD24-25, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, Sample Submission

When It Storms: Managing Pests Effectively

by Jackie Lebouitz and Maria Portelos-Rometo

October 3, 2024

Whether you're preparing for a storm or dealing with its aftermath, pests are probably the last thing on your mind. That's fair - we get it! However, taking the time to prepare your home in defense against unwanted ants, flies, beetles, moths, ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Ants, Beetles, Cockroaches, Disaster, Home, House, Hurricane, Management, Moths, Pests, Pgm_Chemicals, Prep, Rodents, Special Topics, Storm, Termites

Using Individual Plant Covers as an Approach to Protect Young Citrus Trees

by David Austin
October 2, 2024

The State of Florida Citrus Florida has always been known for its citrus production. If it weren’t called the Sunshine State, it could be known as the Citrus State. After all, the state flower is the orange blossom. In the early 2000s, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Citrus, Highlands Horticulture Digest, Hometown Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteers, UF/IFAS Extension

Un Vistazo a la Fruta Tropical—Lichi

by Jeff Wasielewski
October 1, 2024

Por Jeff Wasielewski, Laura Vásquez y Jonathan H. Crane Nombre común: Lichi Nombre botánico: Litchi chinensis Familia: Sapindaceae Variedades recommendadas: Mauricio, Brewster, Sweetheart, Emperor Acerca de la fruta: El lichi es de color ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension

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