Category: Horticulture

Economic Injury Disaster Loans to Small Business in Florida Affected by Hurricane Irma

by David Holmes
December 19, 2017

Small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations located in the declared counties of Florida that have suffered financial losses as the result of Hurricane Irma, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, Horticulture
Tags: Agriculture, Aquaculture, Assistance, Destruction, Disaster, Florida, Hurricane, Loan Assistance, Loans, Losses, Reconstruction, Recovery, Relief, Small Business

An Insecticide-Free Way to Grow Citrus in the Face of Greening

by jpopenoe
December 14, 2017

Citrus greening disease is devastating Florida citrus. This disease is spread by an insect, the Asian Citrus Psyllid. Growers are faced with expensive decisions about spraying pesticides to control the psyllid to reduce the spread of the disease. ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Horticulture
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, CUPS, Popenoe, Protected Agriculture

Reducing Soil pH in a Blueberry Field

by jpopenoe
December 13, 2017

Blueberries prefer a low soil pH between 4.5 and 5.5. Growers add pine bark fines to the soil to reduce soil pH and increase organic matter, but how else can you reduce soil pH? You can add elemental sulfur to the soil before planting, or irrigation ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Horticulture
Tags: Acidification, Blueberry, Popenoe, Soil PH, Sulfur Ammendments

Living Fences

by maxine32666
December 13, 2017

There are many reasons to consider adding a fence around your garden or even your home, including privacy, wildlife exclusion, reducing foot traffic, reduce wind or noise, or general aesthetics. Just as there are many reasons to consider installing ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Aesthetics, Fence, Fencing, FFL, Hedge, Hunter, Living Fence, Planting, Plants, Privacy, Shrubs, Vines

Chilling hours or chilling portions?

by jpopenoe
December 8, 2017

Chilling hours are the number of cold hours that are needed for a deciduous crop to break winter dormancy. Lack of adequate chilling can result in poor bud break, extended flowering season, poor bloom overlap with pollenizers, flower bud death, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Horticulture
Tags: Blueberry, Chill Hours, Chill Portions, Low Chill, Peach, Popenoe

Protection from Citrus Greening?

by maxine32666
December 1, 2017

Citrus greening (also known as HLB or Huanglongbing) is a bacterial disease affecting citrus production around the world, it was first found in South Florida in 2005. Citrus greening affects all citrus cultivars causing overall tree decline/ ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Bacteria, Biocontrol, Citrus, Disease, Greening, HLB, Huanglongbing, Hunter, Parasitoid, Psyllid, Tamarixia, Wasp

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