Pam Brown, Urban Horticulture Extension Agent Did you miss attending our Vegetable Gardening Class on August 9th? Or, are you looking for information on veggie gardening in Pinellas County? You can now view the video version on your computer ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesPam Brown, UF/IFAS Pinellas County Extension Agent Have you ever tasted a tomato that actually ripened on the vine? Or eaten broccoli that was cooked as soon as it was harvested? If so, you know the joys of growing your own vegetables. With ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesDow AgroSciences announced today that it is voluntarily suspending the sale and use of multiple spinosyn insecticides in Broward County and a portion of Palm Beach County in Florida. This action has been taken in response to evidence that western ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
The links in this article from 2008 were updated in June, 2011, and March, 2013. Garden snails, Zachrysia provisoria, can cause devastating plant damage. At night time they are often found on the foliage feeding. They can chew irregular holes ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease
The palm leafskeletonizer, Homaledra sabalella is a Florida native. The skeletonizer life cycle is egg, caterpillar, pupa, and adult moth. the caterpillar stage is the most plant damaging life stage. It feeds as an individual or in groups under ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease
The heat and humidity are making the August summer days into a sauna. And all around the islands are the sounds of summer - cicadas. The male cicadas are the noise makers producing their finest song to annoy the humans, and to attract the female ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & DiseaseBy Jean Field, Pinellas County Extension Horticulturalist “Eeek! Mushrooms in my lawn…that means fungus. I must kill them. What can I spray them with? There must be something I can use!” These are the questions we get from panic-stricken ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn
It could be a fungus called "sooty mold" that feeds on honeydew (a sticky sap sucking insect liquid poop) that covers the leaf surface. Learn to identify sap sucking insects (aphids, whiteflies, treehoopers, mealybugs and soft scale). They ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease