Category: Fruits & Vegetables

Florida-Friendly Edible Landscaping

by Tia Silvasy

April 19, 2021

The principles of the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ program are often applied to lawns and ornamental landscapes, but they can be applied to edible landscapes containing vegetables, herbs and fruit trees too! By following the nine FFL ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Flowers, Fruit, Fruits And Vegetables, Gardening, Herbs, Horticulture, Ocextension, Pests, Tsilvasy, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening, Water Conservation

Key accomplishments in fighting citrus greening disease 2005 – 2020

by Ruth Hohl Borger

April 8, 2021

Key accomplishments in fighting citrus greening disease 2005 - 2020: Building on a solid foundation of IFAS Research Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease, has devasted Florida’s citrus industry for the last 15 ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes

Carambola for a Taste of the Tropics

by jpopenoe

March 10, 2021

Star fruit, or carambola, is a unique tropical fruit we can grow here in central Florida. It may not survive very cold winters, but it will come back from the roots if it is killed back (if it is not a grafted tree). Star fruit are native to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Carambola, Star Fruit

Irrigation Helps Young Peach Trees

by jpopenoe

March 10, 2021

Peach trees grow rapidly in their first few years and it is important to get the trees well established for best production. Irrigation and fertilizer are important components to good tree growth. In Florida young peaches are put on irrigation ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Drip Vs Microsprinkler, Establishment, Fertilizer, Irrigation, Peach

Growing Gilchrist Vol. 3: Get Your Garden Right!

by Barbara L. Edmonds

March 8, 2021

Get Your Garden Right Have you been thinking about planting a spring garden or are doing it now? Whether you have a garden every year or this is your first time, getting off on the right start is the key to success. This starts by considering ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables
Tags: Fertilizer, Garden, Linear Bed Foot, Soil Test, Vegetables

Want more squash? Take care of your bees!

by Barbara L. Edmonds

March 4, 2021

In 2019, the estimated value of farmed squash and pumpkin in Florida was over $35 million. So problems with squash yields can get very expensive in this state. If your squash and pumpkin plants fail to yield the harvest you expected, the issue ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Entomology And Nematology Department, Oscar E. Liburd, Rachel E. Mallinger

Harvest some spring vegetable gardening tips from UF/IFAS experts

by Ralph Mitchell

March 2, 2021

“Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE!” returns in 2021, and the next episode covers spring vegetable gardening. The next event is live on March 11 at 1 p.m. Eastern, noon Central. Recordings are posted afterward at tinyurl.com/GardeningLive. ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Gardening In The Panhandle, Julie McConnell, Spring Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

Edible Gardening Series: Question of the Week – Growing in Containers

by Ralph Mitchell

March 2, 2021

By Sarah Bostick and Carol Wyatt-Evens Gardening in Florida can be incredibly rewarding and incredibly frustrating at the same time. If you are new to the region, you soon learn that gardening in the sunshine state can quickly become a full-time ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Ag, Agriculture, Edible Gardening QOTW, EdibleGardeningSeries, Garden, Gardening, Pgm_Ag, Pgm_Chemicals, Tomato; Container Gardening

Harvesting and Preparing Kale from the Garden

by Ralph Mitchell

March 1, 2021

Authors: Naima Ibrahim, Tiare Silvasy, Virgilia Zabala Kale (Brassica oleracea L.) is a dark-green leafy vegetable and cool season crop that’s planting season is close to an end. For anyone living in Central Florida, the timeframe for ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Gardenflorida, Healthy Eating, Kale, Ocextension, Recipe

Heart Smart

by Ralph Mitchell

February 26, 2021

Taking care of your heart can be one of the most important health choices you make in your lifetime. Choosing heart healthy foods and leading an active lifestyle are two very important actions that you can take to living a long, healthy life. ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Cholesterol, Diabetes, Fruits, Fruits And Vegetables, Heart Health, Nutrition, Ocextension, Physical Activity

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