Category: Fruits & Vegetables

Scientists will use $1M grant to build a support system addressing sea level rise and flooding in South Florida

by Lourdes Mederos
July 17, 2025

A team of University of Florida scientists has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to tackle one of South Florida’s most urgent environmental threats: groundwater flooding and saltwater intrusion caused ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Disaster Preparation, Farm Management, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Ashley Smith, Biochemistry, Conservation, Eban Bean, Edward Evans, Flood, Flood Mitigation, Flood Risk, Food And Resource Economics, Grant, Green Infrastructures, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Mangrove Restoration, Miami, National Science Foundation, News, Rain Gardens, Saltwater Intrusion, Sea Level Rise, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil Sciences, Southeast Florida, Stormwater, Stormwater Runoff, Tropical Research And Education Center, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Young Gu Her, Zachary Brym

Florida Gardening 101: Planning Your Garden

by Calvin Gardner
July 16, 2025

Before you begin growing in your garden, it’s important to have a plan. Once you’ve picked your garden site, the next step is building your garden plan, which consists of three major questions: What are you planting? When are you planting? ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Central Florida Gardening, Floridavegetables, Gardening, New Vegetable Gardener, Ocextension

Student Spotlight: Saving Florida’s avocados- a potential biocontrol

by moniquescoggin
July 16, 2025

Marielle de Moraes Berto is a fourth year PhD candidate in Dr. Daniel Carrillo’s tropical fruit entomology lab at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research & Education Center (TREC). Marielle is a native of Piracicaba, Brazil where she studied Biological ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Acarology, Avocados, Biological Control, Entomology, Tropical Fruits

Supervivencia de las Plantas: Comprendiendo el Rol del Agua, los Nutrientes y la Selección Inteligente de Plantas

by Jonael Bosques
July 15, 2025

¡Bienvenidos a la temporada de lluvias de verano en el condado de Hardee! Geográficamente, tu hogar se encuentra en una mezcla única de zonas ambientales con un clima subtropical diverso: veranos calurosos y húmedos con tormentas eléctricas ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agua, Botánica, Español, Extension, Fincas, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Hardee, Hispano, Jardines, Latino, Nutrientes, Plantas, Produccion, Sistemas De Riego, UF-IFAS

Invasive Plants–Root Them Out, Quickly

by Jeff Wasielewski
July 14, 2025

A weed is any plant growing where you don’t want it to grow. An invasive is a weed that grows at a rapid rate, spreads easily, and crowds out desired or native plants in landscapes and natural areas. Native plants are plants that occur in ... READ MORE

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

Clean Your Pruning Tools

by Duval MGV
July 14, 2025

There are diseases in the landscape that are spread by the very tools that we use to take care of them. When we prune out diseased limbs and branches we could be moving the disease from sick plants and spreading it to healthy plants. In this ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Disease, Duval, Florida Gardening, Gardening, Landscape, Management, Pruning

What’s Wrong with My Tomatoes? The Ends Are Turning Black!

by Duval MGV
July 10, 2025

If the bottom end of the tomato (the one that’s not attached to the plant) is turning black but the rest of the tomato looks fine, you may have blossom end rot (BER) This is not a disease, and it is not caused by an insect pest. It happens ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Black Tomato, Blossom End Rot, Duval, Florida Gardening, Food, Gardening, Rotten Tomato, Tomato, Vegetable Gardening

Hitting the Summer Pause Button on Vegetable Gardening

by Beth Marlowe
July 9, 2025

If you’re new to vegetable gardening in Florida, you may wonder why we would want to pause growing vegetables in July and August. After all, summer has just gotten started! But after trying to garden through the heat, humidity, insects, ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Duval, Summer Vegetable Garden, Vegetable Gardening

Southern peas please

by Ralph Mitchell
July 9, 2025

If life gives you long, hot summers, grow southern peas! Sometimes called cowpeas, southern peas should not be taken for granted – not only do they provide a tasty vegetable, but also add nitrogen to your soil doing double duty now and ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Cowpeas, Peas, Southern Peas

From Gut to Cell: How Your Diet and Microbiome Can Impact Your Health

by ryanbjelke
July 7, 2025

For decades, scientists have wondered how the human body absorbs a rare and important nutrient called queuine. This compound is known to play a vital role in protein production, brain function, and potentially even cancer prevention. In 2025, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition,
Tags: #healthandwellness, Emotional Health, Healthy Lifestyle

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