Trying a Different Kind of Bean by Amy L. Stripe, Master Gardener 2008 Now is the time to plant broad beans (Vicia faba L.), also called fava beans. This highly nutritious bean is popular in the U.K., and my English husband has urged me to ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
For Haitians, black beans are a food staple and the most consumed bean in the country. But farmers there have one of the lowest yield rates in the world for the crop – 660 kilograms per hectare (ha-1). Franky Celestin, UF/IFAS Soil and Water ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
By Ralph E. Mitchell With the heat and rain of summer weather ramping up, some vegetable gardeners take the summer off and simply solarize their garden. However, if you wanted to go ahead and garden through the summer, southern peas can ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
By Ralph E. Mitchell One spring/summer plant pest that really bugs me is the leaf-footed bug. Just as its name implies, the back legs of this insect have leaf-like projections easily seen by the naked eye. The leaf-footed bug attacks many ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseBy Les Harrison Wakulla County Extension Director There was a time in Wakulla County before air conditioning became commonly available, that families spent much of their summers outside. Children played in the yards and woods, and the ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
A: Since this is July in Florida, it is a little late or too early – depending on how you look at it for the plants to produce fruit. Tomatoes and beans should have been planted between February and April in the spring or you can wait until ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Q: I planted some beans and tomatoes about ten days ago and they really are not doing very well. Do you have any suggestions as to why? What am I doing wrong? A: July is really a difficult time of the year to plant vegetables. You might get ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
A: The ability of seeds to germinate or sprout is called viability. Often the seed packet will give you a percentage of the number of seeds you can expect to germinate. The higher the percentage rate on the packet of seeds the greater chance ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesJoe Funderburk, NFREC-UF/IFAS, Professor of Entomology Megalurothrips is an Old World genus of thrips associated with the flowers of legumes (Fabaceae), with one species in Africa and twelve species in Asia. The Oriental bean thrips, Megalurothrips ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
The first season of One Seed is winding down, and you've got a bounty of green beans. What are you going to do with all that goodness? How about trying a wonderful recipe for "Parmesan Roasted Florida Snap Beans," from our friends at Fresh from ... READ MORE
Category: Work & Life