UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
Sharpen your gardening skills! Highlands County Master Gardener Class is getting ready to start. Every year, the last Saturday in January, the class begins. The classes are every Wednesday after opening day until the last Wednesday in March…. Read More
A pesticide licensee or limited certificate holder must notify a person on the “Registry of Persons Requiring Prior Notification of the Application of Pesticides” at least 24 hours prior to the application of the pesticide. Who to Notify? (the… Read More
First of all, the termite history . . . Termites are over 100 million years. Termites are an adaptive animal to exists after 100 million years. They eat the plant’s fiber, found in dead and decaying wood. This makes them “recyclers… Read More
Recently in Miami-Dade County, several samples were diagnosed positive for a new disease called lethal viral necrosis (associated with sugarcane mosaic virus, SCMV) on Saint Augustinegrass, cultivar ‘Floratam’. The following are the most frequent questions that the… Read More
Central Panhandle Pesticide Training Series To be held at the UF / IFAS Washington County Extension Office 1424 Jackson Ave, Chipley, FL 32428 February 18th – CORE with Exam (4 CEUs both 482 & 487) February 19th –… Read More
DPI recently issued the first report of Myzus fataunae, the Pilea aphid, in the Western Hemisphere. Specimens were collected from an aluminum plant (Pilea cadeirei) in Florida. These aphids are native to Japan and Korea. They represent a threat to nursery… Read More
Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance (LCLM – commercial) Training & Exams Date: Thursday January 17, 2018 8:00 AM Location: Washington County Extension Office 1424 Jackson Ave Chipley FL. 32428 Registration: Matthew Orwat, UF/IFAS Extension Washington County 850-638-6180 or mjorwat@ufl.edu Class… Read More
A rust (fungus) disease, Coleosporium plumeria, defoliates many varieties every year. Top photo: The rust disease coats the underside of the leaf with orange pustules and causes leaves to turn yellow, then brown and rapidly defoliate in… Read More
Have you purchased a real tree to celebrate this holiday season, such as a fir, pine, or spruce? There could be thousands of bugs living in it! Here are some of them you may encounter: Adelgids Aphids Mites… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell Are you a candidate for the Charlotte County Master Gardener Program? Do you enjoy meeting and talking with people? Do you like searching for answers to gardening questions that you or others have? If… Read More
