Category: Pests & Disease

What is Ailing My St. Augustine Grass?

by Yvonne Florian
August 24, 2020

What's Wrong with my St. Augustine Grass? The Yellow Yard- About the time September rolls around, while the rainy season seems like it just will not end, some lawns may exhibit some yellowing. Grass seems healthy except for the tips turning ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Brown Patch, Lawn Circles, Lawn Health, Lawn Mower Height, Lawn Watering, Mower Scalping, Proper Fertilization, Proper Lawn Irrigation, Proper Lawn Mowing, Right Cut For St. Augustine Grass, St. Augustinegrass Issues, Take-all Root Rot, Yellowing Grass

Managing cockroaches without pesticides

by Ralph Mitchell
August 21, 2020

I often ask people who want to control pests this question: "Do you prefer to mop up the floor or shut off the faucet?" This relates to the logic of whether you want to stop the reason certain pests are present, or just continue to kill them ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Cockroaches, German Cockroaches, Least Toxic, Pesticides

Digital Diagnostics: Getting answers to your plant problems during times of social distancing

by Morgan Pinkerton
August 17, 2020

What is digital diagnostics? Digital diagnostics is the use of digital photos to identify problems. In the plant world, we can use digital diagnostics to answer questions about our plants. In times of social distancing and limited person-to-person ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Agriculture, DDIS, Diagnostics, Digital Diagnotics, Distance Diagnostic And Identification System, Insects, Pest ID, Photography, Photos, Plant Pathogens

Fig Rust

by Amanda Marek
August 14, 2020

Is your fig tree losing its leaves? You likely have fig rust. Not to worry, many fig trees including the very common Brown Turkey Fig are quite susceptible to this annual fungal disease in Florida's heat and humidity. The fig tree here at ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Fig, Fig Rust

Gingers

by Pat Williams
August 12, 2020

Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green For a lovely tropical appearance in some of your shady spots, try ornamental gingers. In North Florida gingers are tender perennials that will go dormant in the winter after a frost. Their lovely ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching,
Tags: Master Gardeners

Mealybugs – soft-bodied villains!

by Ralph Mitchell
August 11, 2020

They creep in slowly with their unassuming soft-bodied nature settling in on plants like a meeting of tiny, friendly jelly donuts. Unbeknownst to the gardener, these insects, known as mealybugs, have inserted their mouthparts into the plant ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Honeydew, Mealybugs, Pest Insects

Puff goes the weed!

by Ralph Mitchell
August 10, 2020

There is a subtropical/tropical plant in our area that in some parts of the horticultural world is a terrarium plant, a greenhouse resident or coveted house plant. Unfortunately, in many parts of central and southern Florida, the growing ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Artillery Weed, Pilea Microphylla, Problem Weed

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