Category: Lawn
Breaking News – Fertilizer Blackout
May 28, 2015
Michelle Atkinson, Environmental Horticulture Agent, and Ross Peterson, Florida-Friendly Landscaping Coordinator hamming it up. No human beings were harmed in the making of this video.....LOL For more information on the fertilizer blackout ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, LawnTags: Blackout, Fertilizer, Landscape, Lawn, Manatee County, Matkinson, Turf
Fertilizer Ban Starts June 1 – No Nitrogen or Phosphorus Applications
May 27, 2015
Monday, June 1 is the beginning of the summertime fertilizer blackout. During this time you cannot apply any fertilizers containing nitrogen or phosphorus to your lawn or landscape until October. The County’s strict fertilizer ordinance ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, LawnTags: Blackout, Fertilizer, Grass Clippings, Lawn, Manatee County, Matkinson, Turf, Water Quality
Are spanworms eating your snowbushes?
May 26, 2015
Post prepared by Martha Glenn, Commercial Horticulture Agent Do you have snowbush? Are they being eaten? If so you might want to look for these black and yellow inchworms (above). These guys are ferocious eating machines that love ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & DiseaseTags: Horticulture, Insects, Landscapes, Mglenn
Brighten Bare Spots in Landscape with Container-grown Annual Flowers
April 13, 2015
There are areas in most landscapes where it just is not practical or possible to bring in the tiller and create a flowerbed. A little imagination, a decorative container and appropriate plants can turn a bare spot into a splash of color. Consider ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Home Landscapes, LawnNew on Featured Creatures! The sting nematode
March 27, 2015
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The common name sting nematode is generally applied to nematodes in the genus Belonolaimus, particularly Belonolaimus longicaudatus ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, TurfTags: Featured Creatures, Nematodes, Pest Alert
Properly Prune Your Hedges
March 16, 2015
Post by Bob Mertens; Horticulture Program Specialist We often receive calls from customers complaining that their hedges are leggy and leafless at the bottom and what can be done about it. Some people even ask us what small plants could ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Extension, Gardens, Hedges, Landscape, Pruning, UF
Upcoming Lawn & Garden Seminars
March 15, 2015
With spring on its way, your local University of Florida Extension Office in Okaloosa County is providing lawn and garden seminars for the public. Plan Before You Plant Seminar: Take the guesswork out of vegetable gardening and join Okaloosa ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Home Landscapes, LawnPalmetto Weevils
March 2, 2015
Post by Bob Mertens; Horticulture Program Specialist Once considered a minor pest of palms, the palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) has in recent years become a serious problem on Canary Island Date palms (Phoenix canariensis) and ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Extension, Gardens, Horticulture, Landscaping, Palmetto, Pesticides, Pests, Pgm_HortComm, Pgm_HortRes, UF, Weevil