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2019 Landscape Recovery Series

Posted: February 12, 2019

In case you missed a class videos are below! Trees https://www.facebook.com/CommodoreProductions/videos/952059805003194/ Shrubs and Screening https://www.facebook.com/CommodoreProductions/videos/412397666254372/ Groundcovers, Perennials, & Annuals https://www.facebook.com/CommodoreProductions/videos/2553087261386615/ Turfgrass Renovation with Dr. Bryan Unruh https://www.facebook.com/CommodoreProductions/videos/2814350868790670/ Landscape Recovery Series: Part I Trees Handouts Assessing Hurricane-Damaged Trees and Deciding What… Read More

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes

Tags: damage, establishing, hurricane, planting, trees

Cold Confusion

by Wayne Hobbs

Posted: February 4, 2019

Coming from the Northeast, I used to understand how seasons and cold weather worked in the garden. In the fall it got colder, leaves dropped, and most of the plants just stopped growing and winter blooming was very… Read More

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes

Tags: Bloom, cold, damage, Early, early bloom, Florida Friendly, frost, spring, winter

Protect Your Palm from Holiday Lights

by lalbrecht

Posted: December 20, 2018

‘Tis the season when many deck their palm fronds with holiday lights, lighting the night sky with sparkles of cheer. I know this may sound just a little bit Grinch-y. Yet, I find myself thinking, “I must… Read More

Category: Home Landscapes

Tags: damage, lights, palm, protect

UF/IFAS Economists Issue County-Level Estimates for Hurricane Michael Agricultural Losses

by Brad Buck

Posted: November 21, 2018

By Tom Nordlie GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hurricane Michael devastated coastal communities along the Florida Panhandle but the storm also caused significant agricultural crop losses well inland, as shown by a new report from the University of Florida Institute… Read More

Category: UF/IFAS

Tags: Christa Court, county by county report, crops, damage, Food and Resource Economics Department, Hurricane Michael, Panhandle

UF/IFAS Employees Help Hard-Hit North Florida REC

by Brad Buck

Posted: October 24, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Scientists at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center — particularly its Marianna facility — may take a while to fully recover their research after it was damaged by Hurricane Michael, University of Florida… Read More

Category: UF/IFAS

Tags: Cattle, damage, Glen Aiken, Hurricane Michael, Jerry Fankhauser, North Florida Research and Education Center, peanuts, recovery, research

Changes in the Garden

by polkmg

Posted: June 19, 2018

Sadly, this year the big water oak in my front garden had reached the point in its life where it needed to be removed. The oak was probably planted at the time the house was built in the… Read More

Category: Home Landscapes

Tags: Anne Yasalonis, ayasalonis, damage, Master Gardener, oak tree, plants, polkgardening, removal, shade loving plants, what'snext

End of Peach Season Stink Bug Counts

by Cory Penca

Posted: May 31, 2018

Now that the 2018 Florida peach season has drawn to a close, I’ve sat down and analyzed the stink bug trap capture from the past year. Overall, when compared to the 2017 stink bug season, total trap captures… Read More

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease

Tags: brown stink bug, cat facing, damage, fruit, peach, peaches, stink bug, stinkbugs

Equine Hurricane Preparation

by John Mark Shuffitt

Posted: May 15, 2018

In addition to being equipped for the “normal” emergencies associated with breeding and racing Thoroughbreds, Florida horse owners need to be prepared to handle the fury of a tropical storm and/or hurricane. Each farm should have a well thought… Read More

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, SFYL Hot Topic

Tags: damage, emergency, Equine, hurricane, medical treatment, planning, recovery, rescue, safety, security, shelter, storm

The insidious two-spotted spider mite

by spacemonkey

Posted: April 17, 2018

By Ralph E. Mitchell Tiny, but terrible, the two-spotted spider mite is the bane of many ornamental and edible plants. Only one-fiftieth of an inch in length, when working in groups, this plant pest mite sucks the sap… Read More

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease

Tags: cucumbers, damage, eggplants, ornamental, red cedars, roses, spider mite, tomatoes, viburnums

Termites topple pine trees – a concern as hurricane season nears

by Brad Buck

Posted: March 29, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Most termites don’t kill trees, but Asian subterranean termites are slaying some pine trees in South Florida and damaging the rest of the local urban tree canopy, a new University of Florida study found. “Our… Read More

Category: UF/IFAS

Tags: Asian subterranean termites, damage, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, hurricane season, News, oak trees, Pine Trees, Thomas Chouvenc

Tag: damage