Qingchun Liu, Teresa Olczyk, and Jianjun Chen Miami-Dade County is the top producer of ornamental crops in Florida, with a total value of around 700 million in 2017. Most ornamental crops are subtropical and tropical in origin and sensitive ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionQingchun Liu, Teresa Olczyk, and William R. Lusher Ornamental productions in Miami-Dade County are concentrated in the Homestead area, the southwest corner of the County. During the wintertime, particularly from late December through January, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
There are some protective measures you might employ in your landscape just ahead of the upcoming freezing temperatures for the more cold-sensitive plants. Coverings protect more from frost rather than from extreme cold. Covers ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Northwest Florida, in the next few days, is set to receive some of the coldest weather in recent years, with lows ranging from 18 ºF to 28 ºF three to four nights in a row. This has the potential to impact our home garden citrus and winter ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes,
How to best cover your plants, from the experts: Use a non-plastic covering. Frost cloths can be found at hardware stores and garden centers, or large blankets or bedsheets also work. The covering should drape over the ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Many of us know what to do to protect our landscape plants before a cold event by the instructions you get from the Certified Meteorologists at your local television station. Usually we will water the plants well, both in-ground plants and containerized ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Cold Protection and Recovery Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants Irrigation Cold Protection for Citrus Treating Cold Damaged Palms Weather Effect on five Ornamental Trees READ MORE
Category: Crops, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Weather-related information is essential to Florida’s agricultural producers for making important decisions regarding the use of water for irrigation and cold protection. Since the mid 1990’s, The Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN) ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Hot air rises and cool air falls. Its kind of remarkable how much our lives as we know it depend on this, as this property of physics is one reason we have weather at all. During the winter, the thing to watch out for whenever ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture
Hot air rises and cool air falls. Its kind of remarkable how much our lives as we know it depend on this, as this property of physics is one reason we have weather at all. During the winter, the thing to watch out for whenever ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture