Tag: IPM

UF/IFAS Extension Orange County Commercial Horticulture Classes–2026

by Hannah Eason
December 11, 2025

Good things are growing in Orange County, Florida! Let’s keep our minds as sharp as our tools and learn together in 2026. The exciting line-up of classes is designed to build upon topics from the basics to specifics of commercial horticulture ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: BMP, CEU, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Fertilizer, FFL, Florida, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardening, Horticulture, Hwooten, IPM, Landscape, Landscape Management, Orange County, Palm, Palm; Palms; Turf, Palms, Pest Control, Tree, Trees, Turfgrass; Best Practices; Bmp; Bmps, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County
a brassica leaf is being turned over to reveal an armyworm mid instar, which is a dark colored caterpillar

The benefits of an early start in scouting vegetable crops

by Yvette Goodiel
October 30, 2025

Vegetable production season brings a bounty of food for us and, unfortunately, also for crop pests. Thankfully, many naturally occurring beneficial insects, fungi, nematodes, wildlife, and other organisms (AKA beneficials) find their food forest ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Commercial Horticulture Digest, Insects, IPM, Martin County, Small Farms, UF/IFAS Extension
Insectary room at the Mosquito Management Services Facility, with the Sarasota County Extension "ex•plore" program icon overlaying the image

ex•plore: Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services Facility Tour

by Erin Petersen
September 29, 2025

For over 80 years, Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services (MMS) has managed the surveillance and reduction of mosquito populations here in Sarasota County. To share more about their process, MMS generously offered a public tour of their ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: County, Explore, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Management, Mms, Mosquito, Pgm_Chemicals, Sarasota, Services, Tour
Crumb cleaner device on brown counter with blue wall in background (a crumb cleaner is a mini vacuum that cleans surfaces like counters)

Don’t Be Crummy: Prevent Pest Infestations (Get a FREE Crumb Cleaner!)

by Jackie Lebouitz
September 19, 2025

Ants afoot in your kitchen? Perhaps a cockroach or two crawling across your garage? Or...egad, a rat rifling around your pantry? Well, while these experiences may happen to the best of us on occasion, they are certainly less than welcome. The ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Home Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Clean, Home, House, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Pests, Pgm_Chemicals

Help Fight the Invasive Air Potato Vine in St. Lucie County

by Sara MacDonald
July 24, 2025

It’s that time of year again, air potato vines are starting to sprout, and many of us are wondering: how can we get rid of them? What is the air potato? The air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) is a fast-growing, invasive vine originally from ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Air Potato, Air Potato Leaf Beetle, Biological Control, Integrated Pest Management, Invasive Species, IPM
Tomato plant leaves showing white squiggly lines in the leaves

What’s making these squiggly lines all over my leaves?

by Stephanie Means
May 6, 2025

As the weather reaches summertime temps and humidity levels, you may start seeing more pests in the yard.  One question we get a lot at the Extension Office is "What are these squiggly lines all over my leaves?"  The answer is: leafminers!  ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Leaf Miners, Leafminers, Plant Pests, Vegetable Gardening
five butterflies in a row

A Bug Eat Bug World

by David Austin
March 12, 2025

Those Pesky Bugs If you are like many people, you might cringe at seeing some unknown creature crawling across your prized plant. Your Spidey senses might kick in, and you may want to act. Before you reach for a spray bottle, please take ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Beneficial Insects, Bugs, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Hometown Gardener, IPM, Pollinator Plants, UF/IFAS Extension

Suncoast Grown and Gathered: December Macadamia Nuts

by Forest Hecker
December 22, 2024

At the Sarasota County UF/IFAS Extension Office, we've been cultivating a Food Forest to showcase the most productive, unique, and often underutilized edible plants suited to our distinctive southwest Florida climate. Through this project, ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Eating Locally Grown, EatingLocallyGrown, EdibleGardeningSeries, FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food, Garden, Grown And Gathered, GrownAndGathered, Horticulture, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Landscape, Landscaping, Pgm_HortRes, Suncoast Grown And Gathered, SuncoastGrownAndGathered

Keeping Aphids Out of Your Winter Garden

by Molly Jameson
November 18, 2024

  Keeping Aphids Out of Your Winter Garden Here in North Florida, mild winters allow for extended growing seasons, but they also enable pests like aphids to stay active year-round. While freezing temperatures in colder regions ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Aphids, Beneficial Insects, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Lacewings, Ladybugs, Parasitic Wasps, Plant Pests

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